A couple of interesting things today. Firstly, a guide to Usenet quoting, also applicable to email: http://learn.to/quote. It’s translated from German, but is still quite logical, and outlines some of the reasons why you should use particular quoting styles in email.

Far more interesting is this speech transcript, posted to the interesting-people mailing list. It’s an address to the JFK School of Government at Harvard by Adib F. Farha on how Arabs view US policy in the Middle East. He also mentions the primary problem I have with the whole shebang – the story we’re being told has changed so much that it’s hard not to think that there’s something else going on.