I read Douglas' interruptions as "We may be working with a partial language barrier here. Please don't rephrase what I'm saying in order to understand it better, but rather, work harder to understand it AS I SAID IT." The irony of my trying to interpret what he said is not lost on me. William Crump

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I don't find it easy to figure out what he means, basically. (Not only with respect to radical jewish culture). Plus some not overly kind moves towards Efrén and some boastful fits... an odd performance.

Yeah, an odd performance to say the least. I really didn't seem to understand him either, but in some aspects we agreed. However, due to those interruptions Douglas wouldn't let me get to the point where those agreements showed up. A pity.