No offense taken JHS.
I didn't assume anything about mini when I made my statements. And he is certainly a more travelled person than I. However, my statements about the size of the non-Western world (population), the more conservative culture of the Islamic world (compared to western culture) and its constraints on academic thought and expression, and the growing influence of the Islamic world culture would indicate that the US is IMHO far from the right of the academic center of the world.
Mini's perspective and experiences are his own. While I don't have mini's reputation on this board, nor his post count, I'm sure that doesn't make every post of his gospel truth.
