From: MarshaV (marshalz@charter.net)
Date: Sun Aug 28 2005 - 09:39:55 BST
Sorry Arlo, you've made many good points. I was reacting to the
polarity. It seems to be everywhere and it's making me a 'nut case'. -
Marsha
At 06:18 PM 8/27/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>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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