From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 11:51:38 GMT, John Beckett
 wrote:

> Hey Gene - I'm agreeing with you a lot today!
>
> John
>
> Gene McAloon  wrote in message
> news::
>> On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 09:56:25 GMT, John Beckett
>>  wrote:
>>
>> >Good grief! I think you're serious. Do you really imagine that western
>> >societies and AQ could find any common ground!?
>> >
>> >John
>>
>> It is a ludicrous idea. We can't get along with our own Christian
>> fundamentalists/evangelicals. It is a constant battle to prevent them
>> from
>> reordering US society to their dogmatic, bigoted vision.
>>
>> AQ is no different. They might back off from the violence stuff, but
>> getting
>> along with them is not possible for a secular society. Religious
>> fundamentalists
>> just don't fit into a modern, secular society. They are always seen as
>> misfits,
>> out of step and largely loony. And that they are.
>>
>

I'd give him this one, too.

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Gary Wiltshire

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