Sohail

Submitted by Daisy (United States), Sep 24, 2006 at 15:24

"But the real question is can the pope change all those Christians in America and Europe who sin, does he even have affect over people's lives in the western world?"

Honest and direct communication is impossible when this sort of avoidance is employed Sohail. You've completely ignored my question .. negated it in fact, by substituting your question (as the only 'real') question for my own. This is why Westerners have such a frustrating time w/Islamists .. evasiveness may seem to gain you points ... but, for a Westerner this indicates a loser; it's also highly insulting and accomplishes nothing constructive. Here in the West we ordinarily don't have this sort of experience unless spending time w/mother-in-laws' .. the very thought of having to attempt communication w/a few billion of negating, invalidating mother-in-laws is almost enough for me to prefer all out war. And I'm not really joking.

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