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To: average joe who wrote (90724)	12/5/2004 12:23:54 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

Thank you for sharing T. E. Lawrence on the Arab mind. No one could say Lawrence talked down to his readers. I have read it twice and that might not suffice. The sentence that particularly sticks is, Arabs felt no incongruity in bringing God into the weaknesses and appetites of their least creditable causes. From my earliest learning days of childhood I have found Arabs to be frightening. I didn't understand why then and I probably still don't, not fully. But I haven't changed.

To: average joe who wrote (90724)	12/5/2004 11:04:26 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Do you believe this analysis of the Arab mind is still accurate? I bought The Seven Pillars of Wisdom because someone--I think it might have been you--shared the poem on the preface page. I thought it was beautiful. Now the book has joined the large family of volumes that sit and stare at me while I type away like a mad woman just two feet from them, but they might as well inhabit another universe it is so remote I will pick one of them up any time soon. But that is neither here nor there. What I caught from the passage you shared sounded strange to me: "They were a limited, narrow-minded people, whose inert intellects lay fallow in incurious resignation. Their imaginations were vivid, but not creative. There was so little Arab art in Asia that they could almost be said to have had no art." Is that really true? And what part does the landscape play in how much art there is? I have not visited this region, but I remember seeing photos of lots of Arab art. My opinion is that all the Arabs should move back to their kingdom, the Jews should leave, they should have full control of their natural resources, and the European and American Muslims should return as well if they don't want to really assimilate into western culture. Then we should just all leave each other alone.