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To: skinowski who wrote (67183)	12/19/2002 7:15:49 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (5) of 70976

Hi Ski - Talking with Zonder makes one realize just how profoundly split the world is today. Think of me as half-way in between. If my views seem very different to you (which is surprising to me, actually) then the actual "split" is more than twice as wide. I have never even believed in God, so if I have a sympathy towards people of the Middle East, it is because I lived there a long time and I think of them as human beings just like you think of your neighbours, rather than some crazies to be nuked. I see the human side of this conflict. I saw how those people lived before, how they live now. I know their hopes and dreams about their children. I also know well something you would never guess reading the papers - that the fanatics are a small minority. The rest just follow their traditions - they fast all day for a month, they sacrifice a lamb on a specific day, they pray. They are human. If smart people like us can find no common ground… I am not sure if "finding common ground" is the goal of these debates. I would be happy just with an "understanding" of the different positions. And I think that is achievable. What I find distasteful is the ad hominem statements - you are this, you are that. It does nothing for the quality of the debate, and increases the antagonism. Let's not fall into that trap and I think we are doing fine...

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