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Name:
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LonghornBoater
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Subject:
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It's a comin'
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Date:
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1/3/2013 10:26:26 AM
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> Three strangers strike up a conversation in
the passenger lounge in the
> > Bozeman, Montana airport, while waiting for their respective
flights..
> >
> >
> > One is an American indian passing through from Lame Deer, another is
a
> > Cowboy on his way to Billings for a livestock show, and the third
> > passenger
> > is a fundamentalist Arab student, newly arrived at Montana State
> > University
> > from the Middle East ....
> >
> > Their discussion drifts to their diverse cultures. Soon, the two
> > Westerners
> > learn that the Arab is a devout, radical Muslim and the conversation
falls
> > into an uneasy lull.
> >
> > The cowboy leans back in his chair, crosses his boots on a magazine
table,
> > tips his big sweat-stained hat forward over his face, and lights a
> > cigarette.
> >
> >
> > Finally, the American indian clears his throat and softly he speaks,
'At
> > one
> > time here... my people were many... but sadly, now we are few.'
> >
> > The Muslim student raises an eyebrow and leans forward, 'Once my
people
> > were
> > few,' he sneers, 'and now we are many. Why do you suppose that is?'
> >
> >
> > The cowboy removes his cigarette from his mouth and from the darkness
> > beneath his Stetson says in a smooth drawl . . .
> >
> >
> > 'i reckon that's 'cause we ain't played Cowboys and Muslims yet, But
i do
> > believe , it's a-comin'.
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