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following on to what jerome said above, the first time i went on holiday to turkey was one big eye-opener for me. this was about 15 years ago and after getting off the plane at dalaman airport (which is  or was a military airport) and travelling for 4 hours in a rickety old bus, all i remember is the poverty, the broken down homes, cars that were left overs from the american bases and were falling apart, but mainly how friendly these people were. i'd never had any contact with muslims before and i was very apprehensive as to the welcome we'd get. apart from watching the men so they'd leave the wife's bum alone they were great, we made friends and when we returned the following year they'd actually remember us even our names. i've had holidays since in spain and greece and felt like something they cleaned off their shoes. one of my fondest memories was walking down the main street in kusadasi and seeing an ox cart with the farmers wife pulling the ox, the cart full of water mellons and the farmer sitting with the reins in one hand and his mobile phone (cell phone) in the other! at that time i didn't even have one my-self!

i thought i'd share this cos the religious theme has overtaken the thread somewhat.

to finish off, i think we are all religious in one way or another, even pagans. god may have been invented to explain how we got here, to give laws and teach how to live in peace. unfortunately theses ideals have been used and abused by the religious hiarchy for their own ends. governments would have us all illiterate and innumerate if they could. they got away with it for hundreds of years, a time we call the dark ages. the poor only get dangerous when they have a little knowledge and can think for themselves. then we would stop being cannon fodder for the rich, powerful and royal.