Distilled wisdom .... an Arab invention !

Submitted by Jon (France), Jun 24, 2008 at 09:10

One of (the few) inventions of the Arabs is of course distillation ! This is probably the reason that drinking alcoholic beverages (or distilling them !) is not highly recommended in the Arab countries today. Perhaps we could encourage alcoholism in the muslim countries as a "cure" for islamism. This would probably require that we develop special pro-alcoholism programs, insist on "open markets for Whiskey" (and sake and anything else with a kick !), and perhaps barter (oil for brandy) in the cause of the greater good ?

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