Well CK it looks like we've both been pulling each others legs, and parsing our words carefully. I can't finance a trip for you to go to Mecca, because as a non-Muslim you might be killed, and although I don't agree with you on some issues I wouldn't want to see you injured. I first assumed you knew this, but your reply made me wonder, and then the statement about "special permissions" was a give away. I thought I had you for a few minutes.
The schedule is really up to you. I think that I can find some help to defer the costs, but if it comes down to it I'll pay myself. Provided, of course, that you go to Mecca. I would like to see you question a few locals and it would be nice if we could get some video of their reaction to your presence.
Well CK it looks like we've both been pulling each others legs, and parsing our words carefully. I can't finance a trip for you to go to Mecca, because as a non-Muslim you might be killed, and although I don't agree with you on some issues I wouldn't want to see you injured. I first assumed you knew this, but your reply made me wonder, and then the statement about "special permissions" was a give away. I thought I had you for a few minutes.
@ CK MacLeod:
The schedule is really up to you. I think that I can find some help to defer the costs, but if it comes down to it I'll pay myself. Provided, of course, that you go to Mecca. I would like to see you question a few locals and it would be nice if we could get some video of their reaction to your presence.
CK, if we buy you a ticket to Saudi Arabia will you travel to Mecca for some investigative journalism?