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What Hoist?

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Submitted by Ianus (Poland), Jan 28, 2006 at 07:34

Dear Peter G Jones, you wrote :

>Some Greek observed that the only constant is change. In 1400 years Islam has not changed from the original belligerent, xenophobic, perverse paranoia that radiates from virtually every page of the Koran.

Exactly! The French have a nice saying for that : "Plus ça change, plus ça reste la même chose" - "The more it changes the more it remains the same thing."

Jan

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