From: George Sherwood 

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:35:05 +1100, John Beckett wrote:


> Second, whereas it's easy to see how completely absurd is the
> intellectual position of religious leaders in Iran etc, it's becoming
> harder to see any fundamental distinction between a necon christian from
> Washington and a whacko islamist from the other side of the world.
>
From my point of view I have problems with that statement.  As soon as you
find a necon christian making statements like this:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/21/AR2006112100424
.html

An Iranian cleric has offered his house as a reward to anyone who kills an
Azeri writer he says insulted the Prophet Mohammad, the Fars News Agency
reported.

Last week, an Azeri court jailed journalist Rafika Tagi, who wrote an
article in Azerbaijan's Senet newspaper illustrated by cartoons of the
Prophet. The cartoons were originally published in Denmark and caused an
outcry in the Muslim world earlier this year.

I might be able to agree with you. But until then what are you saying is a
best a cliche and worst just a lie.

George

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