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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (151017)12/14/2005 11:31:58 PM
From: LindyBill  Respond to of 793843
 
It's for real and it's for keeps and it's violent and right out of the jungle.

You and I grew up with Kipling, and an "orientalist" view of Islam. Multiculturalism and Edward Said killed that view of the Arabs and the Muslim culture. Now we are paying for the price for discarding a more realistic view of our enemy.



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (151017)12/14/2005 11:31:59 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793843
 
It's for real and it's for keeps and it's violent and right out of the jungle.

You and I grew up with Kipling, and an "orientalist" view of Islam. Multiculturalism and Edward Said killed that view of the Arabs and the Muslim culture. Now we are paying for the price for discarding a more realistic view of our enemy.