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Reader comment on item: Law Enforcement Urged to Indulge Muslim Misbehavior
in response to reader comment: CAIR would have filed a lawsuit if Elshazly's remarks had been made by a non Muslim

Submitted by Pete Moore (United States), Jun 19, 2006 at 08:31

I would have appreciated some annotations from Mr. Pipes, to refute or respond to Ms. Elshazly's remarks in a point-by-point manner. This helps me keep these issues better organized mentally - it's common for me to be influenced by whatever rhetoric I am reading, because one generally has a natural tendency to sympathize with the writer at the moment that one is reading, though sometimes mental warning flags will pop up. Then afterwards, as the writer intended, a general feeling of sympathy towards a well-worded argument may linger, slightly clouding whatever understanding I originally brought to the issues. A succinct, ongoing point-counterpoint rebuttal helps me to retain my original clarity as I read this type of material.

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Daniel Pipes replies:

Fair enough. But weblog entries tend to be done on the fly, and I probably would not have posted this one if it meant a point-by-point refutation.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Law Enforcement Urged to Indulge Muslim Misbehaviour[Weblog] [48 words]S.C.PandaAug 1, 2006 02:2151352
Law enforcement instruction on cultural insights to the nature of muslims and how to relate to them [129 words]Lemuel M. SummeyJun 18, 2006 21:4247869
Elshazly vs. Westhoff [237 words]Earl Mayfield, Jr.Jun 18, 2006 20:4347868
This is fecklessness at best [53 words]MichaelJun 16, 2006 17:2047789
CAIR would have filed a lawsuit if Elshazly's remarks had been made by a non Muslim [343 words]Ben van de PolderJun 15, 2006 21:4147738
point-counterpoint [117 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Pete MooreJun 19, 2006 08:3147738
Law enforcement sensitive [126 words]SybilJun 29, 2006 09:4247738
Law enforcement sensitive [59 words]mikeApr 25, 2007 15:2947738

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