[Cronos]

to indicate that one's views are not so politically correct, but harken back to an earlier era when our views of the Middle East and the followers of Mahomets Moon God were considerably clearer and more accurate than the current politically correct line.

Actually it's not about being politically correct but about pronouncing it correctly. I've heard folks pronouncing Kuala Lumpur as Coola LUMP purr when it's actually Koala (like the bear) LUM poorr

[CatoRenasci]

But I don't care a fig if I pronounce it "correctly" -- He was a bad boy and has caused more trouble in the world than any single human being, with only Ghengis Khan, Hitler, Stalin and Mao even in the running as equivalent butchers. Oh, I suppose you could Marx on the list, too. But Marx personally wasn't quite the pond scum Mahomet was. And, after all, who knows how the old pedophile said it himself. Language, even Arabic, changes its pronunciation over the centuries.