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Jag, Can you expand on that a bit? What expessions of cultural difference are acceptable on your campus and what expressions are not acceptable? It may seem obvious to you but I can assure you its not.

Have we been exposed to different generations and classes of Lebanese? I don't have any Lebenese in my circle of friends but its been my impression that as a group they were serious businessmen and familymen. I can see where those who got out before or around 1982 ( if thats the right year for the collapse?) would be different people than those that stayed behind. I guess though that you are in school with the children of the immigrants so maybe its like our local Vietnamese community, driven parents whose kids lack the support of a community culture and end up populating the gangs despite their economic position?