<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post113141429554074632..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>40</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113265520372182590</id><published>2005-11-22T05:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-22T05:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I agree with Andy, I think it is wrong to blame th...</title><summary type='text'>I agree with Andy, I think it is wrong to blame the religion per se; when you come down to it, most of us know very little about Islam. In fact, most Americans know very little about Christianity -- in terms of its history , theology, etc. I&#39;m Catholic [in a cultural sense, not an orthodox believer] and some people have the most stupid ideas about IT. A religion as complex as Islam that has </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113265520372182590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113265520372182590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1132655160000#c113265520372182590' title=''/><author><name>steve in taipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113258224367418090</id><published>2005-11-21T09:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-21T09:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Re: Melissa Jones Fiori&#39;s question about who is tr...</title><summary type='text'>Re: Melissa Jones Fiori&#39;s question about who is translating Persian literature these days: check out www.thetranslationproject.com. It is a beginning. Also, a new anthology just came out: Strange Times, My Dear. The latter focuses on writers in Iran; the former on Iranian writers in diaspora/exile. And if you&#39;re interested in classical Persian poetry other than Rumi and Hafez--and there&#39;s lots </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113258224367418090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113258224367418090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1132582200000#c113258224367418090' title=''/><author><name>Richard Jeffrey Newman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00651817890516095657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-194007841"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113196117475812381</id><published>2005-11-14T04:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-14T04:39:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m opposed to every culture that promotes oppress...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m opposed to every culture that promotes oppression, and feel that you can&#39;t justify tolerating something like the treatment of women being talked about here by citing any kind of multiculturalist pluralism.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I also feel that it&#39;s essential to distinguish between Islam and Islamic cultures and Muslims. Not because I give a damn about any religion being discredited. They could all </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113196117475812381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113196117475812381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131961140000#c113196117475812381' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 14, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113184999077383679</id><published>2005-11-12T21:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T21:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Very sad.</title><summary type='text'>Very sad.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113184999077383679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113184999077383679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131849960000#c113184999077383679' title=''/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01831051631244852345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1730243694"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 12, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113183722233256234</id><published>2005-11-12T18:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T18:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;The family has denied the right to conduct an aut...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;The family has denied the right to conduct an autopsy, which may hamper any prosecution.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Could this happen in the west??  The Muslim women suffer outrageously and to look the other way and claim that this is not a problem of Islam seems remarkable.  Punishing women for being raped, female genital mutilation, polygamy, child marriage, forced illiteracy.  How on earth can you in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113183722233256234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113183722233256234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131837180000#c113183722233256234' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 12, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113172948074082535</id><published>2005-11-11T12:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-11T12:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I have a friend in Cairo whose daughter, who has h...</title><summary type='text'>I have a friend in Cairo whose daughter, who has her masters degree but still had an arranged marriage, is being badly verbally abused already. My friend said counseling &#39;is not done&#39; , even among the highly educated. Her husband has his master&#39;s degree, too, and both work. Counseling would bring shame. While I know my friend would get her out of there if this became physical, would he get her </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113172948074082535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113172948074082535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131729480000#c113172948074082535' title=''/><author><name>Pris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2102071197"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 11, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113167458983339714</id><published>2005-11-10T21:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-10T21:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>thank you, Ron, for the post!!!it is more importan...</title><summary type='text'>thank you, Ron, for the post!!!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;it is more important to keep our eyes open on tragedy than feeling good about our &quot;homelandsecuritypolicy&quot;...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;where were the just Christians when black people were lynched?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;how many Iraqi civilians were killed after Bush sent our brothers and sisters to spread Democracy in their country??&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes, every American should take whatever </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113167458983339714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113167458983339714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131674580000#c113167458983339714' title=''/><author><name>zuozhou</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09795876144967720660</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1141047626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113163747593464203</id><published>2005-11-10T10:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-10T10:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Been reading all of the comments on this one, and ...</title><summary type='text'>Been reading all of the comments on this one, and like all the emotion, like it very much.  Well, except for Kirby of course, who wants everyone to relax, remain calm, no matter who has just been beaten to death.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hehehehehe, Kirby, you crack me up!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Glad that Mr. Silliman put a photo of the poet Nadia Anjuman here for us, it&#39;s important in many ways.  One way I feel it&#39;s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113163747593464203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113163747593464203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131637440000#c113163747593464203' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360262447900081942</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113160258054336389</id><published>2005-11-10T01:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-10T01:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>@Steve:I am not proud to be an American.  You need...</title><summary type='text'>@Steve:&lt;BR/&gt;I am not proud to be an American.  You need to stop making incorrect assumptions.  But I&#39;ll let you win the &quot;I hate America&quot; contest this time.  Congratulations.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Congratulations also on having lived abroad.  I&#39;ve lived in Scotland, NYC, DC, and a few other places of equal excitement.  We can now both pat ourselves on the back for having credibility when discussing a variety </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113160258054336389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113160258054336389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131602580000#c113160258054336389' title=''/><author><name>Jehza</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09527708835511076143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-355639647"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113159815374767458</id><published>2005-11-09T23:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-09T23:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We ruminate a bit here in Madison, Wisconsin, too....</title><summary type='text'>We ruminate a bit here in Madison, Wisconsin, too. But more slowly, as we&#39;re full of cheese and beer.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113159815374767458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113159815374767458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131598140000#c113159815374767458' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113158739396518419</id><published>2005-11-09T20:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-09T20:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yep.</title><summary type='text'>Yep.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113158739396518419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113158739396518419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131587340000#c113158739396518419' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113158460093870043</id><published>2005-11-09T20:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-09T20:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wasn&#39;t Ordinary People set in Minneapolis?Hmmm.  I...</title><summary type='text'>Wasn&#39;t Ordinary People set in Minneapolis?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hmmm.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I always think of Minnesotans as slightly stodgy types, with their open vowels and ruminative thought patterns.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They&#39;re the backbone of America.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113158460093870043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113158460093870043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131584580000#c113158460093870043' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113157494386768420</id><published>2005-11-09T17:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-09T17:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Minneapolis is less safe than St. Paul.  The reaso...</title><summary type='text'>Minneapolis is less safe than St. Paul.  The reason?  The blessed aura radiated by the Snoopy sculptures we have all over.  Minneapolis has Mary Tyler Moore --true.  But she&#39;s not as effective as Snoopy.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113157494386768420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113157494386768420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131574920000#c113157494386768420' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113155810731844878</id><published>2005-11-09T12:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-09T12:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jeremy,I fully understand the differences between ...</title><summary type='text'>Jeremy,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I fully understand the differences between &quot;safe&quot; and &quot;safer.&quot;  You didn&#39;t specify where?  Is this country a &quot;safer place for poets and for women&quot; than an impoverished country with a war going on like Afghanistan?  Yes.  Is it a &quot;safer place for poets and for women&quot; than other comparable industrial countries like England and Germany?  No.&lt;BR/&gt;(&lt;I&gt;Here&#39;s the url for a 2002 report </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113155810731844878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113155810731844878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131558060000#c113155810731844878' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15418310802340579561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-326822307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113150581998666860</id><published>2005-11-08T22:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T22:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Or is it just grief to imagineone unpredictable tr...</title><summary type='text'>Or is it just grief to imagine&lt;BR/&gt;one unpredictable tradition, a mythology not&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;this one&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Gule-Dodi (Dark Flowers)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;--a flame,&lt;BR/&gt;black plush, a dark flame&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;in short life and all-too plausible context. she died</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113150581998666860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113150581998666860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131505800000#c113150581998666860' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113150516660056706</id><published>2005-11-08T21:59:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T21:59:00.001-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Very very sad case.I second (or third or fourth or...</title><summary type='text'>Very very sad case.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I second (or third or fourth or whatever) the request for translations of Anjuman&#39;s poetry in English. Who out there is translating literary Farsi into English these days? We need more of you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113150516660056706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113150516660056706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131505140001#c113150516660056706' title=''/><author><name>Melissa Jones Fiori</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02341439098764594058</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1370000619"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113150515722029781</id><published>2005-11-08T21:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T21:59:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>@Curtis:While what you describe is a facet of some...</title><summary type='text'>@Curtis:&lt;BR/&gt;While what you describe is a facet of &lt;I&gt;some&lt;/I&gt; Islamic cultures, it is far from being a central characteristic of Islam as a whole.  Similar criticisms could be lodged against certain Hasidic traditions, certain fundamental Christian groups, and particular Hindu sects.  And while I know that someone is ready to chime in that Islam is the leading example of a religion that has </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113150515722029781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113150515722029781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131505140000#c113150515722029781' title=''/><author><name>Jehza</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09527708835511076143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-355639647"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113150167923923042</id><published>2005-11-08T21:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T21:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My comment was fairly straighforward, inasmuch as ...</title><summary type='text'>My comment was fairly straighforward, inasmuch as my understanding of Islamic culture is that women are considered second-class citizens, unlike in Christianity in which the female is elevated--at least theoretically--to a high position as the Ur-Mother of the Son of God. &lt;BR/&gt;Women in Islamic societies have an uphill fight.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;None of this is directly or indirectly or by implication or </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113150167923923042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113150167923923042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131501660000#c113150167923923042' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113150107964012075</id><published>2005-11-08T20:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T20:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, Shann, you are.</title><summary type='text'>Yes, Shann, you are.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113150107964012075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113150107964012075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131501060000#c113150107964012075' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113149825970376269</id><published>2005-11-08T20:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T20:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I am sad for the passing of this poet, a woman who...</title><summary type='text'>I am sad for the passing of this poet, a woman who was killed by her husband. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It happens here, too, and will again, no matter who is in charge, no matter the country.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;shann (am I the only woman who replied?)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113149825970376269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113149825970376269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131498240000#c113149825970376269' title=''/><author><name>shann</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1505930166"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113149255995432111</id><published>2005-11-08T18:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T18:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jeremy,I like your posts a lot and suffer from sim...</title><summary type='text'>Jeremy,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I like your posts a lot and suffer from similar problems with this crew.  I&#39;ve liked your presence.  I hope you stick around.  You have a clear sharp mind.  That in itself is something to be grateful for.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think the left paradigm doesn&#39;t allow anything in, and distorts and can&#39;t see objectively.  You, however, are not suffering from this!  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-- Kirby</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113149255995432111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113149255995432111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131492540000#c113149255995432111' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113148924319152384</id><published>2005-11-08T17:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T17:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>[sigh]People here make no fine distinctions.  Did ...</title><summary type='text'>[sigh]&lt;BR/&gt;People here make no fine distinctions.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Did I say that America is the safest place on Earth?&lt;BR/&gt;Did I say that everyone&#39;s experience is the same?&lt;BR/&gt;No.  &lt;BR/&gt;But you&#39;re so eager to prove someone wrong.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Well, Steve, good for your wife.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ve known plenty of women who&#39;ve had awful experiences in all three of the cities you&#39;ve elevated above the city of my </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113148924319152384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113148924319152384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131489240000#c113148924319152384' title=''/><author><name>Jehza</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09527708835511076143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-355639647"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113148773196529073</id><published>2005-11-08T17:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T17:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>@jehza:There are plenty of places of where fatal m...</title><summary type='text'>@jehza:&lt;BR/&gt;There are plenty of places of where fatal misogyny is much less frequent than in the United States.  This has been a very violent country since before its founding and it continues to be for many, many people.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In our travels, my wife was very surprised to find the streets of London &amp; Berlin &amp; Istanbul to be nothing like those of New York &amp; Chicago &amp; Minneapolis.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;RIP </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113148773196529073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113148773196529073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131487680000#c113148773196529073' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15418310802340579561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113141429554074632' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113141429554074632' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-326822307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113148607101930795</id><published>2005-11-08T16:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T16:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>@Davids:I wouldn&#39;t dispute that the enemyis Powera...</title><summary type='text'>@Davids:&lt;BR/&gt;I wouldn&#39;t dispute that the enemy&lt;BR/&gt;is Power&lt;BR/&gt;and perhaps you are uninterested&lt;BR/&gt;in relativism&lt;BR/&gt;but the truth remains that I will&lt;BR/&gt;feel safer&lt;BR/&gt;should I have daughters&lt;BR/&gt;in America&lt;BR/&gt;not due to any distinction&lt;BR/&gt;between religions&lt;BR/&gt;and not because my daughters wouldn&#39;t have&lt;BR/&gt;to fight&lt;BR/&gt;for greater safety and equality here&lt;BR/&gt;and abroad&lt;BR/&gt;but because </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113148607101930795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113148607101930795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131486060000#c113148607101930795' title=''/><author><name>Jehza</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09527708835511076143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' 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not invested in a separation&lt;BR/&gt;between Church and State&lt;BR/&gt;and that &quot;religious freedom&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;meant freedom to make &lt;BR/&gt;their puritan religion ascendant:&lt;BR/&gt;evident in Salem.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I would not dissuade you&lt;BR/&gt;from concern over the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113148565103699323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113141429554074632/comments/default/113148565103699323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-want-to-take-this-moment-to.html?showComment=1131485640000#c113148565103699323' title=''/><author><name>Jehza</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09527708835511076143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' 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