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To: DaveCooper
Great read; Crichton is a smart guy. But what on earth is this:

We are inclined to be intolerant of speech by our friends and neighbors, and tolerant of beheadings, rape, and homophobia in distant lands.

Beheadings, rape, and homophobia? Let's play a game: which of these is not like the others?

8 posted on 03/30/2007 8:47:55 PM PDT by xjcsa (The "average temperature" of the earth is as meaningful as the "average number" in a phone book.)
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To: xjcsa
Beheadings, rape, and homophobia? Let's play a game: which of these is not like the others?

They are things about Muslim societies which we do not tolerate in our society. I think misogyny might have been a better choice.

15 posted on 03/30/2007 10:22:41 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Democrat Happens!)
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