[Paul C. Jesup]

You are not the first person to come to FR that was so pro-north that it is ridiculous. People like you are so dense that it is funny.

But how you can compare a religious theocracy (Islam, which is base on middle eastern sects and cults) with a democratic-republic (the South which is based on both the original Constitution and British common law) is beyond me.

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Paul C. Jesup wrote: You are not the first person to come to FR that was so pro-north that it is ridiculous. People like you are so dense that it is funny. But how you can compare a religious theocracy (Islam, which is base on middle eastern sects and cults) with a democratic-republic (the South which is based on both the original Constitution and British common law) is beyond me.

Well, I'm no more pro-North than you are pro-South.

The only difference is that I'm pro-the-winning-side while you're pro-a-bunch-of-losers.

As for comparing Araby with the South: didn't they both engage in slavery and both subscribe to an honor/shame culture?

And of course as Greenberg pointed out, they have both constructed a mythos about their history which is more fantasy than fact.