Searcher,I think you raise a crucial point. And that is something that interested people in this country have forgotten -- no one person or no one side has teh complete monopoly on the truth. Everyone needs to listen to each other. No one can say -- whether President or congressperson or newscaster, Democrat or Republican, Christian or Moslem or Jew or pagan -- that he or she has all the information. That's what being in a democracy is all about.

Free speech isn't just about talking. It's also about listening. And such listening needs to be accompanied by an open mind, a mind free of prejudices. Prejudices come in all shapes and sizes. Actually, Mohammad said to his followers to seek the truth, no matter where it comes from. Thus the true Moslem honored the Bible and the Torah. Early Christians (when Augustine was a bishop and started to have influence on new generations of Christians) adopted this practice, and started to accept the pagan writings of Plato, Aristotle and Cicero.

We all should do the same.