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   Message 3,069 of 4,149   
   ROBBIE to All   
   Re: The Cartoon Response   
   19 Feb 06 11:30:00   
   
   From: word_chemist@hotmail.com   
      
   "Pods"  wrote in message   
   news:1140347740.617021.298620@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...   
   > Somewhere along the way I backed into an argument that   
   > people in a more egalitarian society would be less likely to   
   > give themselves over to religious zealotry. I do happen to   
   > think that's true but I can't prove it.   
   >   
   > Is I understand it, radical Islamism and consequently its hangers on,   
   > have absolutely no interest whatsoever in egalitarianism - "Freedom go   
   > to Hell" etc. Yes, they're a minority, but they managed to get the   
   > British Home Secretary to condemn the cartoons.   
   >   
   > Pods   
   >   
      
   Yes, but Martha's idea is you *make* them interested though show and tell -   
   like taking clockwork mice into the Brazilian jungle.   
      
   ROBBIE   
      
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