From: Arlo J. Bensinger (ajb102@psu.edu)
Date: Sat Aug 27 2005 - 23:18:54 BST
On 8/27/05, MarshaV <marshalz@charter.net> wrote:
> > At 09:23 AM 8/27/2005 -0400, Arlo wrote:
> >
> > >... Christian "fundamentalists" lead mostly cooshy, comfortable lives...
> >
> >
> > Hi Arlo,
> >
> > I don't think this statement is true. Do you have any proof of its
validity?
> >
Hi Marsha,
I was making a general statement comparing the lives of "typical" Islamic
fundamentalists and "typical" American Christian fundamentalists. This was to
offer a response as to why Islamic fundamentalists are "more aggressive" than
Christian fundamentalists. Many of them have nothing but the religion, and are
living in war-torn, impoverished, and oppressed regions. Not all. Most. On the
other hand, most Christian fundamentalists in America live under quite
different conditions. My supposition is that were Christian fundamentalists
suddenly beset by the same conditions as surround the Islamic fundamentalists,
you'd see much more aggression and military action being decried.
Remember that one terrorist attack (9/11) drove many voices in America to "hate"
Islamics, and many used language suggesting a holy war. Although the media was
quick to quelch this, imagine what the rhetoric of many Americans would be if
New York became Fallujah (in terms of military acts, bombs, use of napalm,
etc.) Do you think the Christian fundamentalists would not react with the same
aggression as the Islamic fundamentalists?
To sum, my point was its great to be "pacifistic" from a comfy airchair, but
quite another when you grow up in conditions that have prevailed in the Middle
East over the past 50 years. And much of that has been the result of foreign
interests manipulating, beseiging and interferring in these areas, all in the
quest for oil. (If Iraq had no oil, do you seriously think "W" would've been a
Moral Crusader for the Iraqi People? If he was interested in righting moral
wrongs, (1) Saddam would not have been our ally for so long, and (2) he would
go for North Korea and/or China and/or Saudi Arabia, where there are far more
"moral transgressions" than Iraq.)
Arlo
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