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"Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it."
- Noam Chomsky
i've just started visiting the site of juan cole, a professor of history at the university of michigan... i see his writings referenced a lot in other blogs that i respect so i thought i'd take a johnny-come-lately look... for starters...
All religions produce fanatics at the same rate. It is a constant.
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