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To: Elroy who wrote (40189)	8/2/2007 11:06:50 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541780

I thought that's what you meant. It doesn't make any more sense with that interpretation than it did before. Certainly not as humor. I'm trying to find a wry humor button around here somewhere. Well, can't. So, consider the thought rather than the deed.

To: Elroy who wrote (40189)	8/2/2007 1:20:54 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541780

Elroy - I think most people who aren't Sunni or Shia can't understand why that divide is so important to them. It all started over a disagreement about who should have authority over Islam after Mohammed died. Seems like a silly thing to get worked up about for centuries on end, I agree. It's a lot easier to understand how the Iraqi Shia could be harboring some resentments for a group of people who made up the core of a brutal totalitarian minority government that ruled for thirty years, killing and torturing hundreds of thousands of Shia (as well as Kurds, Turkmen, etc.). And given that resentment against them, plus the fact that they were used to having all the power, one can see how the Sunni aren't very happy with the way they're being treated within the current government. I'm not saying they shouldn't try to get along. It would be in their best interests to do so. And though I do get the joke, and your point, the squabble isn't about something as arbitrary as left-handedness. - Allen