[odds]

In #152, you said: “Inshallah. ‘If God is willing’ is their mantra,”

So, in #160, I replied: Right! I should’ve said inshallah (if God is willing) they’ll know in the future if they’ve messed up & inshallah (if God it willing) they’ll accept it.”

I knew what Inshallah meant. Many moslems Iranians, especially religious ones, say “inshallah” too.

[allmendream]

I didn't dispute that you knew what it meant, I disputed that they would ever accept personal responsibility.

Are you Iranian/Persian?

I read an interesting article on how nothing gets done or maintained in Saudi Arabia because of “Inshallah”. They installed infrastructure and gave them a maintenance plan. In twenty years, when the entire infrastructure went to hell, they wondered why the Arabs did not follow the maintenance plan. They were told that when something breaks down it is “Inshallah”, as God wills it. Following a maintenance schedule didn't make sense to them if something either worked or didn't work because of God's will on the subject!