I'm sorry, Eric, but this does not answer the question, are there any moderate Muslims in the Middle East. Also -- and hence my snipe -- if what Simon and I say about the rise of extremism among Muslims and the war on Iraq (etc.) commits the Fallacy of Hasty Generalization then so does the piece you posted. I add that I, of course, do not believe Simon's and my statements do commit the F og HG (you may conclude that I don't think this piece does either, my point is that Lawrence will not bring his somewhat blunt, and decidedly flawed, Logic (ha) Guns to bear on you Judy Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 5:36 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Moderate Muslims > >>(lol) > > Yes, but the article concisely states the marrow of the > discussion. > > > Sam Harris wrote: There is every reason to believe that a > terrifying number of the world's Muslims now view all > political and moral questions in terms of their affiliation > with Islam. This leads them to rally to the cause of other > Muslims no matter how sociopathic their behavior. This > benighted religious solidarity may be the greatest problem > facing civilization ... > > > > There's lots of evidence that what Sam Harris wrote is true. > What's the evidence against his statement above? > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html