Dear Raghunathan,

Well said. Moreover you make a point I would like to make explicitely. All I have said about Muslims, peace loving or otherwise, I have said about the collective groups. I have not said, and never would say, such things about any individual. I might say them to an individual, but never about him and certainly never publicly.

We are separated by a globe so it wouldn't be practical to do so, but if you were to ask any of my friends, my Muslim friends in particular, they would tell you that I am a kind and decent man, and that there is no guile in me.

In any case, while you consider my comments about whole groups, remember in particular how I have treated you individually.

And it is also worth noting that while Islam has been the subject of this discussion, one more fact is true and warrants noting. No one group has any more, or any less, capacity for hate and murder than any other. The others just weren't being discussed.