Lesson Number One, don't write long diaries when bob is around, he'll front page them.
This feels awfully exposed out here at the top of the page, can't you put something else up on top?
More seriously, we are not living a "clash-of-civilisations" with a monolithic Islamic entity. Islam is a diverse body which is undergoing an internal struggle over its direction between moderates and extremists. We are affected by this in a globalised world, but we will not influence things to moderation by attacking Islam as inimical to democracy. Instead we have to recognise the importance of making our own societies good representatives for the virtues of democracy.
That's it for the short spiel.
My instinct was that I write for ET, if I wanted to write somewhere else, I would be doing so. But, if x-posting will help with the promotion of the site, I guess I ought to do it.
I thought about the big orange, but there's a small core of self-styled experts who rather put me off discussing Islam over there.
Diary at MLW
Diary at Booman
What did you think of the piece? Anything you would like to correct from your viewpoint?
You've done a really excellent job with this. Thanks again for it.
And you're in Egypt? Wow! Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
Yep. Egypt. Where it's after 3 a.m., and I should be getting to bed! Yikes.
I guess we can see that:
a) I'll never write the Great UKian novel
and
b) I'm not cut out for journalism either.
I second Colman's recommendation that you cross-post it. It should be read by many people.
