Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: (OT) They're not all crazy in Europe Date: 28 Apr 2025 18:33:28 GMT Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <0cMMP.704185$SVG3.567961@fx42.iad> <1rb1ipg.3w2n301vs09ntN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <_hqNP.444264$j2D.243272@fx09.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net etsw0Hv2Yy61cqCnr8HZzgcNsMJSkvqZrpmNq37xFQFp9RzRVX Cancel-Lock: sha1:vABDtyja4+hMSPYMQ444UMSuVtk= sha256:a9ujdRgw8Yfxjv3COKzfsnX9PO3dyMNxqzpZJJyaQjA= User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:689613 On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:24:31 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > rbowman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code: > >> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 06:39:41 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote: >> >>> There are different Muslim sects. Some are much less aggressive than >>> others. >>> The Shiites, for example, aren't usually the "head choppers," that's >>> nearly always the Sunnis. Guess which ones the U.S. cuddles up to? >>> >>> Jews in Iran, for example, are not persecuted so long as they identify >>> as Iranians and not Zionists (Israelis). Iran is a Shiite country. >> >> To further complicate it, Arabs are a small minority in Iran and >> frequently persecuted. Iran inherited what was called Arabistan from >> the Ottoman Empire and it's been a thorn in their side. The Persians >> are an Indo-European people, or what was called Aryan before some >> unfortunate 20th century events. They don't like Arabs, who are a >> Semitic people. >> >> It's like one of those logic statements. Most Arabs are Moslems but >> most Moslems aren't Arabs. The Arabs seem to be the least civilized. > > Can you speak to their usage of Linux? :-) https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7318