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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (28500)	8/22/1999 10:32:00 PM
From: Teflon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

Hey gang, can you do us all a favor and take these non-MSFT discussions elsewhere...the market opens in 11 hours! Thanks in advance. Teflon

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (28500)	8/22/1999 10:53:00 PM
From: Z268	Respond to of 74651

For a perspective on Islam: amazon.com For a perspective on Christianity and Islam: amazon.com I remember it was not too long ago - depending on one's perspective :) - that I was taught in RC catechism that all non-Catholics are forever condemned to fry in hell. Fear and distrust feeds off lack of knowledge and understanding. Best regards, Steve Yeo

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (28500)	8/22/1999 11:46:00 PM
From: mozek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

OT: I really didn't want to join in, but the last post that turned this into a religious war was just too much. First, I do believe that people are "spamming" about the crisis, and if you are, you should really reconsider your approach. Posting the same irritating message on many boards across SI should be grounds for canceling your membership. Annoying people will not garner the support you're looking for. If you can't understand that spamming is unwelcome, then maybe you should learn basic e-mail, newsgroup, and bb etiquette. As far as all of the comments about religion or genocide as a reason to question the aid effort, I am amazed at the lack of compassion in these statements. The people in Turkey are people, plain and simple. They may be Muslim, they also may be Catholic, Jewish, Coptic, or other denominations. The fact is that they are suffering, and almost all of them are innocent of whatever caused you to have a grudge. The vast majority of the people suffering did not persecute people of other religions, commit genocide, or any other atrocities. Most of them have families, and most of them are truly suffering. If you choose to help, as I do, then help. If not, then please stop insulting them or questioning the validity of their need on this board. Could we please get back to talking about Microsoft? For starters, did anyone see recent press that talked about Steve Balmer and Bill Gates mentioning a new, Internet API set and tools for building Web applications? I saw this in a few public news announcements, and while I can't give more facts than I read publicly, I can say that this stuff will be very cool. Thanks, Mike

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (28500)	8/23/1999 6:20:00 AM
From: Alper YUKSEL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

OT Dwight, Your categorizing of Islam branding all non-Islamic people as infidels is really sad and narrow-minded. I saw from your profile that you like reading Clancy. He describes Islam in his book 'The Sum of All Fears' as a noble and tolerant religion and that it is always the extremists that use religion for their own causes. Just because the Crusades happened in the name of rescuing the holy lands from the infidels does not make Christianity a bad religion. Or just because the Serbs did ethnic cleansing to Bosnians and Kosovars, does not mean that Orthodoxy is a bad religion.