And in some ways I feel like my country is responsible for the attitude in your country toward that poor young couple with our positioning in the world.

Well...Bush and his cronies are partly responsible. But they are hurting the USA badly, too.

There have always been racists in Britain. In some ways this so-called "war on terror" has only changed the terminology, given them an extra excuse. One of my closest friends at school was from a Pakistani family and I know what hell she went through.

I'm going to follow mecurtin's advice and go down there shortly, see if there's anything I can do to help. I don't know if there is, but I can at least offer.