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To: freedom44

I had a Persian friend while I was in college. He made VERY VERY clear that Persians were not Arabs and that there was long standing disdain between the two cultures (long standing as in more than 1000 years).


7 posted on 02/07/2005 2:54:14 PM PST by cdrw (Freedom and responsibility are inseparable)
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To: cdrw

Persians think of Arabs the way English aristos think of Irishmen.


12 posted on 02/07/2005 4:25:18 PM PST by BroncosFan ("It's worse than a crime - it's a mistake." Talleyrand.)
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