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From: Eeyore on 4 Nov 2006 13:52 unsettled wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > > unsettled wrote: > > > >>Arab = Muslim > > > > Mainly. > > > > And Muslim does not mean Arab. > > > > Graham > > I said that. You snipped it. Islam is > a superset of Arab. Semantics.
From: Eeyore on 4 Nov 2006 13:53 unsettled wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > > T Wake wrote: > >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > >>><lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >>>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > >>>> > >>>>>What counts with measuring the effectiveness of any social program > >>>>>is the individual stories, not the cut and dried percentages > >>>>>of service delivery counts. > >>>> > >>>>And yet you prefer to believe impersonal books when learning about what > >>>>Islam is all about, instead of talking to actual Muslims. > >>> > >>>What do you suggest? I'm reading about their history. > >> > >>Try doing both. I get the feeling you distance yourself from society > >>somewhat, which may explain the perspective you bring to the discussion. > >> > >>Try talking to, and spending time with, Moslems. They are not very different > >>from Christians. > > > > > > They're also usually quite keen to talk about their religion and how it affects > > their lives too. > > > > Graham > > > > You would know. Indeed I do. Graham
From: Ben Newsam on 4 Nov 2006 14:41 On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:53:03 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >So do tell why a $5k watch makes sense. It's a convenient way of getting your hand amputated.
From: Jamie on 4 Nov 2006 15:20 unsettled wrote: > Jamie wrote: > >> Eeyore wrote: >> >>> >>> unsettled wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Your opinion is worthless. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Yeah.... right..... Ok ! >>> >>> >> you finally agree with something! > > > You know they're going to call you me soon. > > :) -- "I'm never wrong, once i thought i was, but was mistaken" Real Programmers Do things like this. http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5
From: T Wake on 4 Nov 2006 16:50
"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:454CE150.15BE0556(a)hotmail.com... > > > unsettled wrote: > >> Eeyore wrote: >> > unsettled wrote: >> > >> >>Arab = Muslim >> > >> > Mainly. >> > >> > And Muslim does not mean Arab. >> > >> > Graham >> >> I said that. You snipped it. Islam is >> a superset of Arab. > > Semantics. Personally I would have said it is more than semantics. Not all Arabs are Islamic. Not all Moslems are Arabs. Assuming the two are identical is incorrect. Wouldn't it be better to describe Islam as a subset? |