Richard, I don't know what you're going through on a personal level, but this kind of intolerance and wilful misreading is wearing thin. Randolph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Dillon" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 1:25 PM Subject: Re: WTC > You took your stand with the Terrorists yesterday. You have said enough. > And enough about your Jewish girlfriend. > > > >For a corrective to the fundamentalists I would say read Hafiz. > >He is truly a marvellous poet. > > > >My father's best friend was Arab and many of my close friends > >at UNiversity were Arab. And one of my favourite girlfriends > >was Jewish and I am familiar with the lovely Jewish family life > >on the South side of Glasgow. So I have some understanding > >if the irreconcilables and no solution. > > > > > > > >Douglas Clark, Bath, England mailto: [log in to unmask] > >Lynx: Poetry from Bath .......... http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/lynx.html > > > >On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Douglas Clark wrote: > > > >> I am relieved Harriet is ok. > >> > >> Six months ago I did some reading-up about the fundamentalists > >> and the books I would recommend are V.S.Naipaul's 'Among the > >> Believers' and its followup many years later 'Beyond BElief', > >> and Karen ARmstrong's 'The Battle for God', which also treats > >> American fundamentalism. > >> > >> > >> > >> Douglas Clark, Bath, England mailto: [log in to unmask] > > > Lynx: Poetry from Bath .......... > >http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/lynx.html > > > > > > -- >