peterike: I dont know if youve been to Paris, but I can assure you that there is no burning of cars on a grand scale every night. I lived there for a month, and the banlieu riots are much more a question of social class and general unemployment than any sort of religious crazyness. In fact, the mosques have been a great partner to the government in helping quelling the larger perspectives. I, too, have burnt cars against the government. Its not the same as killing people.

“There is no such thing as “dialogue” with Islam.”

Dammit, does this mean I have to stop talking to Rashid who runs my local kebab shop? Last time I checked, the US was allied with the Iraqi and Afghan government. I didnt know they were christian. Doh.

3Case: Points to you on politeness. Fair enough on the truck, not so good theory on nuclear radiation and its cumulative effects. But hey. The point is that we are not sure what a series of nuclear detonations will actually do (and never mind the genocide moral argument) so it might, it even propably might, trigger a armageddon scenario. (The neo-nazis and their anti-muslim friends are a serious problem because they push muslims over the edge into counter-fanaticsm.. “There is no such thing as “dialogue” with Islam.” is an example of that agenda.)