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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (51825)	10/2/2006 5:30:15 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I've updated the header and unbanned several of the bannees to give a fresh start. Something tells me most will find their way back there. -g-

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (51825)	10/2/2006 5:39:53 PM
From: Geoff Altman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Aw, come on Laz. Not Bill! He almost kicked me off PGWB thread! (uh, he didn't, but I know he really wanted too!)......<gg>

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (51825)	10/2/2006 5:55:25 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 90947

I respect you Laz. Please do not forsake us. Bill will be fine.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (51825)	10/6/2006 5:46:24 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 90947

Laz, when you come back here, you'll find Bill has been a fine moderator. But, you need to come back to SI....IMHO of course.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (51825)	10/8/2006 7:50:03 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 90947

"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyzes the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome." -- Sir Winston Spencer Churchill (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899).