In a message dated 2/25/2006 2:40:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: If you are an Islamist, I expect you to subscribe to a Fundamentalist interpretation of Islam and to advocate the expansion of Fundamentalist Islam by any means including violent ones. Hi, I don't understand this. Why--just because you live in a world of news and information which does not subscribe to any of the other nuances of Islam does not mean that all others are? Can you not see that there are nuances in belief systems? And how it hinders both dialogue and understanding by having the expectation that all are the same? So--by you being a neoconservative--does that mean you don't believe in balancing the budget? Does that mean you believe in fiscal irresponsibility? Does that mean that you want to bomb the world just because they don't practice capitalism--and capitalism in its form that allows for complete and utter disregard for human life and the world's environment? Do you believe that all women should not be given equal rights? Do you believe that it is a lie that women make less money than men do for the same job? Um, let's see--what are the other beliefs of neo-conservatives? You subscribe to them all? Best, Marlena in Missouri