Comments on: Donklephant Open Thread http://donklephant.com/2006/06/09/donklephant-open-thread-2/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bob J Young http://donklephant.com/2006/06/09/donklephant-open-thread-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33559 Bob J Young Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:08:21 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/06/09/donklephant-open-thread-2/#comment-33559 I recently stumbled on an interesting perspective on the middle east, “The Arab Mind� by Raphael Patai. Depending on who is doing the talking it is either the ultimate tome on understanding Arabs or a worthless doorstop. From what I've seen so far I leaning toward a positive assessment. It was recommend by one of the oil workers over on theoildrum website. So I Googled it and found a review/summary. I have a friend who spend several years in Egypt and it seems to mesh with what he experienced. Next time I get an Amazon order together I think I'll buy it. “The Arab Mind Revisited� by Norvell B. De Atkine http://www.meforum.org/article/636 I recently stumbled on an interesting perspective on the middle east, “The Arab Mind� by Raphael Patai. Depending on who is doing the talking it is either the ultimate tome on understanding Arabs or a worthless doorstop.

From what I’ve seen so far I leaning toward a positive assessment. It was recommend by one of the oil workers over on theoildrum website. So I Googled it and found a review/summary. I have a friend who spend several years in Egypt and it seems to mesh with what he experienced.

Next time I get an Amazon order together I think I’ll buy it.

“The Arab Mind Revisited� by Norvell B. De Atkine
http://www.meforum.org/article/636

]]> By: probligo http://donklephant.com/2006/06/09/donklephant-open-thread-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33418 probligo Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:53:09 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/06/09/donklephant-open-thread-2/#comment-33418 How many of the right whine blogsites are going to post the "accidental" shelling of the beach at Tel Aviv? How many of the right whine blogsites are going to post the “accidental” shelling of the beach at Tel Aviv?

]]> By: Michael Ono http://donklephant.com/2006/06/09/donklephant-open-thread-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33287 Michael Ono Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:30:51 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/06/09/donklephant-open-thread-2/#comment-33287 Why is it that when a person leaves a blog comment that, most of the time, the person chooses to regurgitate somebody else's opinion? The response is often the general consensus or ambiguous and fails to take a position. Worse yet is when a person uses a quote and weakly supports that quote. Zing! Next comment please! Why is it that when a person leaves a blog comment that, most of the time, the person chooses to regurgitate somebody else’s opinion? The response is often the general consensus or ambiguous and fails to take a position. Worse yet is when a person uses a quote and weakly supports that quote.

Zing! Next comment please!

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