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I cannot believe Pipes is that overtly anti-Arabic. I thought he was more subtle than that. Has he changed over the years, or have I just been trying to avoid reading about him? It's deplorable.
roachboy, your last post (#16) is a good summation to the OP. I'll need some time to think about this.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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