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Sometimes people get themselves into arguments which are unwinnable. Like when
someone says to you: 'you always have to have the last word, don't you'. Any protest to the contrary
proves their point, and while silence demonstrates just the opposite - that it
is really the speaker who has to have the last word, this invariably gets lost
in the background noise, and the situation is unwinnable. Likewise 'you are an incredibly argumentative person - the fact that
you are still arguing with me proves that', has the same effect. On the other hand 'I don't want to argue about this anymore' is easier
to counter - 'well, don't then'. Sometimes however the solution is quite easy. And involves no response at
all. It's pretty easy to make a fool of someone who says 'you are such a
violent person that you are about to hit me'. You just have to smile, and
say nothing, or simply say 'no I'm not'. So you would think that the followers of the Religion of Peace would have
responded in a similar manner when the Pope quoted some long dead Pope about
Muslims being violent. Sadly, this wasn't to be. Some Muslims were so outraged by the suggestion that
they were violent, that they went out and committed acts of violence. Including
the murder of an Italian nun. And the argument has reached shores of Australia. Now Cardinal Pell has
come out defending his man in the Vatican, by pointing out the obvious - that
subsequent events kind of justified the original statement. So now the Mufti,
Sheik Hilaly has challenged Pell to a debate. Hilaly can't even
speak English! No problem says apologist Keysar Trad. He can be given written questions in
advance and prepare answers. Huh? Isn't a debate where you .. like .. engage
with each other? Hilaly just wants to increase his status by sharing a stage with someone
more important than he is, and to get an opportunity to preach. It's all about
exposure. More rational Muslims, like Muslim Community Reference Group chair, Ameer
Ali, have taken a different tack. Ali is calling for 'and end to the war of
words'. He would like to quietly bury the debate and move onto helping himself
to the 31 million dollar slush fund Little Johnny is setting up to raise
awareness of Islam in Australia. This has got to be a good thing. There are many of us who seek to raise
awareness of Islam in Australia. You might say that we are on a Crusade for the Truth.
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