[lit-ideas] Re: Tharoor, and what sort of symbol is Cordoba?
- From: Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 12:28:45 -0500
*"Observation by Lawrence: *We see from the above that this golden period of
Cordoba described in the "time" article was relatively brief. The Caliphate
began in 929 as a sort of parenthesis, as though the Islamic conquerors
forgot why they were there. But by 997 general Al-Mansur got them back on
track. So at the very most, this period lauded by Tharoor lasted 68 years --
after which Muslims resumed to slaughtering Spanish Christians. Islamists
looking back on this period are ambivalent about it."
Reminds me of a Doonesbury strip. An American soldier is driving a jeep
down a road in Iraq with an Iraqi soldier. The Iraqi suddenly shouts:
"Stop! Stop!"
"What? What? Why" the startled GI cries searching out danger.
"That's Hassan Mohammed Karami, I must kill him."
"Why?"
"Because his family killied one of my family."
"When?"
"In 1342. Stop. Pull over."
"1342?! Dear god, what is it with you people?"
Lawrence carries a grudge even if no one in his family is involved. What's
with the man?
Mike Geary
Memphis
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Lawrence Helm
<lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> My response to Tharoor's article is at
> http://www.lawrencehelm.com/2010/08/tharoor-and-what-sort-of-symbol-is.html
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> Lawrence
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