Re: Eliot Spitzer, antismoking leader, self-destructs

On 23 Mar, 21:58, "Pete Dashwood" <dashw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On 21 Mar, 17:13, "Judson McClendon" <ju...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> In case you didn't know, Allah is
> >> an ancient demon, not God.
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> > So no more advanced a god than a certain Midianite Storm god?
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> > The word Allah means God. Why do you think that you demonise Allah?
> > Are you afraid to acknowledge Allah as being the same god as yours but
> > by a different name?
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> >> > While your facts are true, if it were not for the Muslims we
wouldn't
> >> > have the math or arts in place for those people to be able to do
their
> >> > thing.
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> >> I'm not denigrating the people, but their culture, which has stifled
the
> >> creativity they exhibited thousands of years ago. The whole point of
> >> my post, and the email I quoted, was that the Muslims should put
> >> their efforts into better things. Do you disagree with that? Do you
> >> think Jesus would have praised the Muslim religion and culture, or
> >> condemned them?
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> > You might be surprised to read this page:
> >http://www.zu.ac.ae/
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> > It is about what will probably become the most pre-eminent university
> > in the world. And it is in an arab nation.
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> As I may have remarked here on a few previous occasions, I see Education
as
> the hope of the world, and the most likely thing to bring down religious
> extremism. (Ours and theirs...:-))
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> It is good to see a lamp being lit in an area where there is much
darkness.
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> Nevertheless, I am ashamed to say that whenever I look at Jane Fonda
(and
> she is a fine looking woman even today...) all I see is Barbarella
stepping
> out of her space suit... :-)
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Apart from the fact that she and I do not share the same political
views, I'd have to agree.