From: khaled Alkotob (khaledsa@juno.com)
Date: Wed Aug 03 2005 - 04:35:10 BST
Bo, Arlo and All
Bo
Your comment about how i presented myself hurts. i was merely trying to
establish my background
Does it make a difference if I told that I am married to an American who
is a Christian? And that we celebrate Christmas in our house?
Khaled
[Arlo]
Just keeping it short. Much of what you say makes sense, and going
further
is an argument over defining the social and intellectual levels more
rigorously. I'll leave that to you experts. :-)
[Bo said]
Because the intellectual level has nothing to do with intelligence
the Islam vs West conflict may well be a Social vs Intellect without
making the
former into inane brutes. Far from that, but because their primary
identification is religion their focus is social (Khaled presenting
himself a Muslim of Lebanese origin, not an American of ...etc).
[Arlo]
I'm confused. Describing oneself as a Muslim is a focus on the
social, but describing oneself as an American is a focus on the
intellectual?
How is focusing on national identity *not* social?
Arlo
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