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To: RON BL who wrote (7524)	11/5/2001 10:13:59 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93284

That is a gross miss-interpretation of Islam. Clitoral ,mutilation does occur in a few areas of Africa and I have heard and read about it in the past. However, Islam in general does not support clitoral mutilation. That article is falsely written.

To: RON BL who wrote (7524)	11/6/2001 3:29:07 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

I really enjoy getting a fresh conservative perspective and enjoy looking over the sources that come up from time to time. In this case FrontPageMagazine.com frontpagemagazine.com Good stuff here. More Muslim enemies from within jewishworldreview.com [Redirected URL from the FrontPageMagazine] Noam Chomsky’s Hate-America Cult frontpagemagazine.com Black America at War frontpagemagazine.com This last one Black America at War, was definitely cool; dispelling the rumor that Black Americans died dis-proportionately in the Vietnam War. The cited source was impressive: Sources for these figures are based on: Department of Defense, US Casualties in Southeast "Asia by Grade and Military Service, Hostile and Non-Hostile Deaths from 1 January 1961 through 31 December 1978 by Race (unpublished). Unpublished? So if I wanted to verify your numbers and Source...it's unpublished? A DoD Report that's unpublished?!? Psst. Ron...just between you and me....this means they make it up. It's not rocket science. jttmab

To: RON BL who wrote (7524)	11/6/2001 6:19:17 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 93284

And here is perhaps the best one from FrontPageMagazine.com...http://www.ncpa.org/edo/bb/2001/bb103101.html [Another redirected URL from frontpagemagazine.com ] Poverty Isn't The Cause Of [Crime and] Terrorism Opinion Editorial by Bruce Barlett Wednesday, October 31, 2001 One of the basics of liberal dogma is that poverty is the root cause of crime and terrorism. In the liberal worldview, people do not kill and steal because they are evil, but because they are deprived of material things. This view is sometimes used as a rationalization for blaming society for the misdeeds of criminals and terrorists. However, I think most liberals really do believe that if poverty was eradicated, crime and terrorism would largely disappear. Unfortunately, there is simply no evidence whatsoever to support this theory. If there was any truth to it, then crime and terrorism would rise during economic depressions and fall during boom times. Crime should also be higher in places where poverty is worst, and least where living standards are highest. In fact, the opposite tends to hold. The recent terrorist attacks on the U.S. confirm this observation. Although some liberals are wringing their hands about the poverty of Afghanistan as a cause of them.... I can see Bruce Barlett making his vacation plans for Kabul as we speak. But enough of conservative holiday planning. Let's turn our attention back to the US. All through the 1990's as the economy improved and the unemployment rate dropped, so did crime rates decrease. Bruce may have overlooked this rather small coincidence. But there's more. As we pummel our way through 2001, we see [this might surprise Bruce] an economy that is not in very good shape and unemployment rates spiking to rates not seen since nearly two decades ago. And what happens at the same time related to crime? washingtonpost.com Crimes Of Violence On the Rise In District ....Violent crime has spiked dramatically in Washington since the Sept. 11 attacks, with the homicide rate jumping by more than a third, but city officials disagree on whether the increase occurred because local police officers have been diverted to help with other security duties. D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey said the city's first increase in crime this year is part of a nationwide phenomenon and cannot be linked solely to the redeployment of officers......... Bruce Barlett's cognitive abilities are truly impressive and so characteristically "conservative". jttmab