Jens Ropers wrote:
It should be noted that Hinduism and Islam are
RELIGIONS. Mentioning
these religions when we were talking about western civilization is
rather conspicuous: Do we equalize western civilization with
Christianity or are we /so/ unknowing that we even fail to distinguish
between Indian and Arabic civilizations and their respective religions?
Speak for yourself - Arabs are an ethnic group, and not even all
Muslim. "Islamic civilization" is likely not the perfect term,
but in my daily reading of various Middle Eastern newspapers over
the past several years, I don't think I've seen a better one.
But this is exactly what I mean about pointless berating; you're
trying to tell me to devalue the ideals of Western civilization
in favor of ... of ... well, you don't seem to know. When you find
out, get back to me with the details and I'll take a look.
Stan