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To: LindyBill who wrote (39543)	8/23/2002 12:00:51 AM
From: Rollcast...	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

<Did you like the this article because it was written in an sober manner by someone from "Human Rights Watch," a left wing group you approve of, instead of in a sarcastic manner by a conservative columnist, who you disapprove of? It's the same culture, and the same vile behavior, in both cases. You seem to be willing to discuss it when it is brought up by someone on the left, but consider it evil, and "beyond the pale," if brought up by someone on the right.> Dont forget "not credible".... I'd say the above defines the professor (at least his postings anyway) very well. I hope he teaches with a little more objectivity than he shows here.

To: LindyBill who wrote (39543)	8/23/2002 9:57:16 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Bill, Two things wrong with the Steyn essay. First, it viciously ridiculed a serious problem women around the world, particularly in patriarchal cultures, face. And it was a ridicule that, in my estimation, went well beyond the boundaries because it was ridiculing the struggles these women face. Second, it attempted to, viciously, ridicule a political position with which Steyn disagrees, something he calls multiculturalism and, so far as I know, does not hold the positions Steyn attributes to it. Political ridicule is part of the terrain but when that ridicule becomes as vicious as Steyn was not only is it not addressing a problem, it is simply objectionable. As far as the piece in the WSJ, the woman who authored it looked seriously at a problem and tried to address it. If you have a problem with her argument, perhaps you should state it so we can discuss it. As for where I am on Muslim culture, that's a completely different story. I'm not taking a position on Muslim culture; I'm taking a position on the physical abuse of human beings. Want to join me?