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To: Calpernia

"It took me a long time to realize just how much a student of medieval history could gain from observing the Arab."

"It seems to me a certainty that the fatalistic teachings of Mohammed and the utter degradation of the Arab women are the outstanding causes for the arrested development of the Arab. He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have been developing."

-Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.

37 posted on 06/12/2005 9:07:25 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie

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To: SoCal Pubbie

Gen. George Patton BUMP!

46 posted on 06/12/2005 9:10:49 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)

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To: SoCal Pubbie

The Arabs did get better right up to the Mongol conquest. Then they got worse.

They've recently been getting better.

But the point that you can gain an understanding of the European Middle Ages by watching the Arabs is absolutely correct.

You can also gain an understanding of your own relatives who belong to apostolic cults.

122 posted on 06/12/2005 12:15:21 PM PDT by muawiyah (q)