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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (15217)6/1/2001 1:43:39 PM
From: Win Smith  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
You could be at the opposite side of the world, which would put you in the vicinity of Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific. Maybe that's why they mutinied on the Bounty, they couldn't figure out which way they were supposed to pray.



To: Lane3 who wrote (15217)6/1/2001 2:37:25 PM
From: Bald Eagle  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 82486
 
RE:Of course, you wouldn't be allowed to be there and neither would I.

If I pretended to be a Muslim or even converted to Islam, I could.

The points of equidistance I was thing of were half way around the world from Mecca. Even if you are in Mecca, there is some central point there where they all bow to. I don't know if it was Mohammed's birth place or grave. Does someone know?


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