Calling each other ignorant and asshole and other such stuff hardly solves anything... besides, it's not like there's only one person on each side of this... there's lots who share both opinions. So to call one person ignorant is to call a lot of people ignorant. They're not... they just have a different opinion.
Even some politicians share jawanda's view:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapc...aid/index.html
Doesn't mean he's right or wrong... he's just not alone in thinking it.