stephen williams sdwlignet john hall wrote stephen williams mailtoswilliamshpticom bushs reluctance blast blind obeyance religion taught local madrassa kkk leader apparently fully involved general effort expand unfettered religiosity solution worlds ills disappointing spoke madrassa heard sounded lame carefully crafted shield religion general scrutiny 1 religion currently expressed matters religion claim foul actions past certainly christianity islam etc b currently expressed amounts tacit acknowledgement sophistication society involved peoples selflimiting reasonableness important avoid primitive expression leads point religion less sophisticated societies dangerous mix also tends invoke image extremes might occur without diligent maintenance society c many splinter christianity religions clean hands also arent found wild primitive expression dont mean slight society chronic evidence irrational mob actions uncivilized behavior killing infants women break religious blue laws etc us really mostly free primitive expression 4050 years although large categories including serious religious conflict settled quite ago northern ireland protestant vs catholic feud recently less concluded completely unlike kind friction generated splitting society much along religious lines one post article pointed problem basically stemmed vertical integration areas along religious lines way schools government political party etc course cases heritage british conquest doesnt couldnt find article remember couple others httpwwwwashingtonpostcomac2wpdynpagenamearticlenodecontentida337612001jul8notfoundtrue httpwwwwashingtonpostcomac2wpdynpagenamearticlenodecontentida159562002jul16notfoundtrue northern ireland british province green valleys cloudcovered hills whose 16 million people politically religiously divided 54 percent population protestant protestants unionists want province remain part britain roman catholic minority predominantly republican nationalist want merge republic ireland south 1968 catholic leaders launched civil rights drive modeled rev martin luther king jrs campaign american south violence quickly broke ancient religious animosities fueling political argument armed paramilitary groups sprung sides police records historians agree lethal group far ira fighting catholic side goal united ireland provincial police force estimates 3600 people killed 30year conflict known characteristic northern ireland understatement troubles 2 us trying avoid making war muslim religion thats fine would inappropriate concentration would difficult address issues raised clean way id happy acknowledgement connection 3 us leadership remains reflexively multicultural ok point long doesnt shy away logical objective analysis society could seriously improved certain ways disagreements point becomes crime humanity didnt say burning train good thing said understood wasnt spontaneous attack people done wrong true although dont think clear originally sdw mon 16 sep 2002 224228 0400 slaughter name god