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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (234149)	6/25/2007 10:19:05 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 281500

It's funny you should mention that old joke, because wrt to cooking, at least, it's quite wrong now. Some of the best restaurants in the world are in England. We found the food there to be routinely excellent. "Others who lack intelligence ascribe a stereotype or generalisation to all individuals within a group. " You appear to do the above quite frequently- remember your post: "If I were a Moslem I'd...." What is that if not ascribing your prejudice to every member of the group? It's nice to know you didn't really mean it- but it's impossible to know you don't mean what you say. Generalizations are fine, but when you generalize from a minority and then tar the majority with it, that's dangerous prejudice- the kind that makes people feel they can kill bunches of civilians with impunity; the kind of prejudice that makes people feel nuking cities is justified to kill the "barbarians"; the kind of prejudice the minority of the "other" side has, and which you apparently don't appreciate, but also choose to ape. No one is saying Islam is a religion of peace, or at least I'm not. That's just dragging in a straw man.

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