4-«Your mother and I are bit worried about you, to tell the truth...»

«Again? What have I done now?»

«We're not accusing you, but simply concerned. We've heard from the school about your discussions of the Palestine problem. They're wondering where you got your ideas».

«Where? From a few sentences scattered throughout hundreds, even thousands of pages. There must be at least two sides to every disagreement, yet I don't find any opinion mentioned except that of the Jews. So I tried to explain to them what might be the position of the other side».

«You can think whatever you please, but you might upset some people with your words, and they in turn may do some thing to upset you».

«In that ease, my opinion will be confirmed that we are being unjust to the Arabs, just as we were to the Indians, and the Blacks, and all those who don't happen to be of European origin, when we picture them as having less intelligence than we do, and less feeling, so we don't worry too much about what happens to them. And I know how people are affected by that kind of thinking... How misunderstanding grows, and how they are driven to react emotionally, in the wrong way, until they are branded incompetent or unbalanced or criminal! I know very well how that can happen, and I didn't read it in some book, or hear it in school!!»

«What's wrong with you? Why are you getting so excited?»

«I don't know... except that I can no longer believe in conscience, because all things are relative. And people will never agree on a principle, not even on humanitarianism...»

«We're only worried about your becoming immoderate and extreme. Those pictures of the Arab leaders in your room are warning enough, especially that one...»

«AbdulNasser? He's kind of a symbol...»

«A symbol of what? Defiance and arrogance?»

«A symbol of the other side... the viewpoint suppressed, so that people are unaware...»