From: Phil Payne 

> It's a shame, though.  Phil is sharp and often has some very good
> points.  The constant stream of shrill invective against all things
> American, however, generally makes me tune him out the same way I tune
> out Rich from Microsoft.  For an example, note that he didn't simply
> give me a translation of the phrase but also added a slap at my and my
> country's ignorance.

Your country's ignorance - especially of Islam - is one of the world's
greatest problems at the moment.

In fact - as a generalisation - Americans are remarkably ignorant of the
world.  This isn't intended as an insult to them - it's just the way the
culture and the media in the USA work.

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