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To: Doug R who wrote (6968)	10/23/2001 4:46:23 AM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi Doug R; I'd agree that learning requires literacy; but I'm not at all convinced that education is the answer. From what I've been reading the worst of the suicide bombers (and Osama bin Laden as well) are quite literate. At least they could read the flying instructions for a jetliner. But on the other hand they don't seem to be very good readers of the traditions of U.S. history. -- Carl

To: Doug R who wrote (6968)	10/23/2001 9:05:44 AM
From: uu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Dear Doug: I see your point with your notion that there is a one-to-one relationship between education and a religion. However the simple message of love-and-peace should not require a PHD in rocket science for which a religion defines a set of beliefs meant to be for both the guy who can not read and the person who has his PHD in rocket science. Islam has the same message of hatered whether you are an illeterate or if you are a Physics nobel prize winner. And if you do not believe this all you have to do is to read Koran (in your native language that you feel most comfortable with - e.g. English) to understand the satanic hatered it promotes. And that should not require a PHD in rocket science but rather simple ability to read. Regards,