Fw: Restoring St. Sophia

[Kim Braithwaite]

And let's not forget two ancient adages of sublime wisdom (sophia):

What's mine is mine; what's yours is negotiable.
and
Possession is nine points of the law.

Here in San Diego, revered tribal elders of the Kumeyaay have been 
converting the sacred hills and valleys of their fathers into lavish 
casinos.

Mr Kim Braithwaite, Translator
                    "Good is better than Evil, because it's nicer" - Mammy 
Yokum (Al Capp)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marina Antic" <mantic at WISC.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Fw: Restoring St. Sophia


> Having just visited St. Sophia I have to say that it would be an 
> unspeakable crime to "restore" it by destroying the amalgam of Christian 
> and Muslim art that makes it a unique historical monument to the religious 
> history of the region.
>
> Marina Antic
>
> Edward M Dumanis wrote:
>> There is nothing peculiar here.
>> Just pure logic.
>> I like it.
>> (I mean the introduced twist since the list is not a
>> political/ideological/religious group)
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Edward Dumanis
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 13 Jan 2007, Evgeny Steiner wrote:
>>
>>
>>> You seem to have a rather peculiar sense of humour, Marc!
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Marc Adler <marc at ADLERPACIFIC.COM>
>>> Date: Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:08 am
>>> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Fw: Restoring St. Sophia
>>>
>>>
>>>> Mourka(e)k dio:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> The European Parliament is pressuring the Turkish Government to
>>>>>> Restore Saint Sophia Cathedral from a museum into a Greek
>>>> Orthodox Church.
>>>>
>>>> Before it became a museum, it was a mosque for 500 years, right? 
>>>> Wouldn't it be more appropriate to convert it back to mosque?
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Marc Adler
>>>> marc at adlerpacific.com
>>>>
>>>> ?????? ???, ?? ???????????
>>>> ??????????? ???????? ?????????.
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