So, wine is the root cause of all our problems? I think not. I can handle my wine as well as I can handle my religion.
Better, even, given that my religion handling needs are nil. On Sep 13, 2012 10:06 PM, "Nicholas Thompson" <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Look at the visual data byte. **** > > ** ** > > *From:* friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On > Behalf Of *Douglas Roberts > *Sent:* Thursday, September 13, 2012 11:32 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: America and the Middle East: Murder in Libya > | The Economist**** > > ** ** > > Ok, I'll bite.**** > > ** ** > > Why?**** > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Nicholas Thompson < > nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote:**** > > Doesn’t the same apply to the drinking of wine? **** > > **** > > *From:* friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On > Behalf Of *Douglas Roberts > *Sent:* Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:17 PM**** > > > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group**** > > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: America and the Middle East: Murder in Libya > | The Economist**** > > **** > > A Facebook-style visual data-byte response, Owen (attached).**** > > **** > > --Doug**** > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> > wrote:**** > > The Economist sent out their weekly email, which included a story on the > Libya fiasco: http://goo.gl/0mfCW**** > > **** > > This reminded me of one of my possibly Politically Incorrect notions: Why > don't the civilized muslim world attempt to counter this insanity on the > part of their fundamentalists? At least some attempt to apologize for My > Religion, The Bad Parts? God knows I do!**** > > **** > > We had an imam visit the cathedral in Santa Fe to discuss the simplicity > and beauty of his religion. Some questions were asked about The Bad Parts, > in a very civilized manor. The conversation was sane, polite, and > certainly informative.**** > > **** > > What if the Vatican sent out a hit squad for all the similar > anti-Christian movies or other inflammatory media? Or the Buddhists sent > ninjas after non-believers? Or the Jews killed Dutch cartoonists?**** > > **** > > What I'm getting at is this: why *isn't* there a strong community of sane > and vocal muslims at least trying to communicate to the rest of us?**** > > **** > > Please do understand that this is not a rant against religion, but more of > a puzzled look at an insane situation. And Yes, I really wish we'd keep > our nose out of other's affairs. I'm not trying to be a bigot. But I truly > would like to grok this phenomenon. **** > > **** > > What am I missing? Good complexity question, I bet.**** > > **** > > -- Owen **** > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org**** > > > > **** > > **** > > -- > Doug Roberts > drobe...@rti.org > d...@parrot-farm.net**** > > http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins**** > > > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell**** > > **** > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Doug Roberts > drobe...@rti.org > d...@parrot-farm.net**** > > http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins**** > > > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell**** > > ** ** > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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