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> Howard, you're joking, right? Surely a former teacher and well-read person like you is aware of the staggering amount of contributions made to science, medicine, literature, mathematics, art and just about every other form of human endeavor by those Middle Eastern desert tribes you're talking about.
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> They were far more civilised than Europe was, for centuries.

Well, no, I wouldn't joke about at thing like that. But I wasn't talking about the people who are making a contribution. It's that small percentage of trouble makers that are the problem. They don't seem to want the contributors to make any progress.
Howard