Irfan, I prefer e-mail to telephone dialog. Why? In the days before the Internet, I read a series of back-and-forth articles in a weekly magazine by two debating writers. The subject was the history of Vietnam, and I remember almost nothing of the articles, but what I do remember is being impressed that this was an ideal way to discuss a topic. The participants must marshall their data and arguments in a formal way, and the other party is able to pick apart any errors. A Google search for that discussion produced http://search.opinionarchives.com/Summary/AmericanSpectator/V14I7P7-1.htm Now that we have e-mail and the Internet, such a dialog can be conducted even by people who do not have a magazine at their disposal. You can imagine yourself the reasons why an e-mail exchange is preferable to an ephemeral telephone conversation. -- Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY)
----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 5:13 PM Subject: RE: Are urinals haram? Did we talk about conducting a public dialog? If you would like to discuss in as much detail as you like to about Word of God (Biible or Quran), call 800.662.ISLAM. (you do not have to dial 'M' at the end). My friend Sabeel will talk to you as he handles that phone. Irfan Do you now mind to send me your contact #, mark? So we can talk? Or you prefer calling sabeel? Irfan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
