This was forwarded to me..... very cute. JDG
> >Check out this auction at ebay...the item, of course, goes to the high >bidder!!! > > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1062518787 > >-----Original Message----- >From: Webb, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 1:33 PM >To: Giorgis_J; Ford_J; Drudi_D; Stockmann_L >Cc: McManus_M; Leith_L; Sygnatur_E; Johnson_JD; Paris_S; Price_S; >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Food For Thought > > > >Some thought-provoking aritcles below. > >********** > >"Could we be seeing a polarisation of public attitudes to faith? For >more than a century now the dominant attitude in the Western world has >been an apathy which I would describe as covert agnosticism masquerading >as weak observance. Is Osama bin Laden flushing this agnosticism out? If >so, we may see an increase both in the religious enthusiasm of the >minority, and the avowed scepticism of the majority. When it comes to >the relationship between modern man and religious faith, the century now >beginning may prove make-up-your-mind time." > >http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,248-2001602822,00.html > >********** > >"If we are to understand Islamic fundamentalism, must we not also >trouble ourselves to understand America, this freedom-loving, brutal, >tolerant, shortsighted, selfish, generous, trigger-happy, dumb, >glorious, fat-headed powerhouse?" > >http://www.motherjones.com/magazine/JF02/blaming.html > > __________________________________________________________ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ #3527685 "Our campaign against international terrorism does not represent some sort of 'clash of civilizations.' Instead, it is a clash between civilization and those who would destroy it." -Amb. Richard N. Haass
