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To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (644)	12/2/2001 3:34:37 PM
From: IN_GOD_I_TRUST	Respond to of 2926

Bill, Bingo!!!!!!! That's what the heart of the matter is here... Is the provocation being evaluated correctly, enough so to justify the response of the innvocation of the violent Qu'ranic verses, by the radiical Muslim? Obviously to the radical Muslim it was, to justify the terrorist act they committed, and acts they continue to commit, in the name of the Qu'ran. And that's what needs to be straightened out with the radicals by the conservative/moderate Muslim. Otherwise, someone else is going to have too. And that will be deemed a holy war! God Bless, IGIT

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (644)	12/3/2001 12:56:10 AM
From: DukeCrow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2926

Anyone can bend words to justify something which someone else wants to believe. That's why right wing and left wing "radicals" in our own Republican and Democratic parties are so blind to moderates' arguments. They just don't want to believe. Likewise, so called Islamic radicals will consider whatever they want to as attacks against Islam just so they have an excuse to hate and retaliate against the US. No amount of arguing or discrediting will convince them or their most diehard followers. The key is to convince those who are open to logic and reason, but in most Muslim countries that is a difficult task because freedom of speech and assembly isn't a right enjoyed there. << Are these innocent facts or deliberate "provocations" demanding armed response? Such questions cannot be answered in any objective sense but are clearly open to interpretation according to the perceptions of the interpreter. >> Perhaps they're open to interpretation by someone who wishes to disregard the teachings of the Quran and the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh), but to anyone well versed in the two it is obvious that an armed response to those "provocations" is totally uncalled for and unjustified. A more just response would be to not watch I Love Lucy or to not eat at McDonald's. Everyone can choose what they want to watch and eat.