re: #332 researchok

I should have been more specific, as I said.

I suppose I used the Arab/Israeli context because that is how most of the news reports were written- an error on their part.

I understand now how you were using it, and I know I may seem a bit pedantic about it at times, but there’s already soooo much misunderstanding & mistrust out there where the West & Islam are concerned that I get concerned that causal statements will be taken out of context and assumed to be general truths.

The other 800 lb gorilla in the room is the relationship between Judaism and Islam. Even if you take Israel out of the equation, the relationship is at once love/hate.

A lot of history has been written and rewritten and rewritten again in defining that relationship.

Well, I’m not about to wrestle any 800 lb. gorillas this week (or any time in the near future for that matter). My wonderfully generous boss got me a MacBook Pro as a holiday gift and I’m basically off this week, so I’m much more interested in familiarizing myself with my new toy than with politics right now. :)