[DVaut1]

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No, DVaut1. If you went back and reread the posts in question you would clearly see where you mischaracterized my argument. This is SIMPLE stuff. I never said the violence or totalitarian-type aspects of Islamic states were SOLELY due to Islam and the Koran (as you so erroneously posted). You just injected the "solely" into it on your own, entirely, and now you don't want to own up to your error.

Is good reading comprehension THAT hard to come by? Apparently, it is.

Maybe it's now time for me to do what I long ago swore I would do on this forum: never have a debate with anyone who has an IQ under 150, minimum. Come to think of it that's really not such a bad idea; it will save a lot of aggravation, that's for sure.

OK, done.

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Yes, losing the opportunity to discuss things with you, given your demonstrated wisdom (lol) and penchant for rational and consistent discourse concerning issues like Islam (ha!) would be such a terrible loss (truth be told, you're very consistent in your stance on Islam; unfortunately, Islam is the only religion your standard applies to - curious, to say the least).

But where does life go from here?

I don’t know. I shudder to think of it.

...please don't shut out peons like me, M! Where would I get my weekly "As Ibn Warraq says 'There may be moderate Muslims, but Islam is not moderate'" quote from? And repostings of Islamo-phobic editorials from various right-wing propaganda outfits? That's one of the highlights of my day! Not sure what I'll do now that you'll be shutting us off from the same 5 or 10 points about Islam you recycle over and over (and over and over). Since I've pretty much committed them to memory (as I've read them no less than 15 or 20 times), I guess I'll just be left enjoying the nostalgia of it all.

I hope I can recover.