On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 04:55:01PM -0500, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/03/landesman.htm > > Be afraid.
Yes, but are there any more productive things to do than that? "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/ Well, the first step is to understand what we are dealing with. Articles like this are an attempt to do that. That understanding implies that some tactics - appeasement - will not work, while others - resolve - might. From there, we can perhaps move on to specifics. But first we have to know. If you ask "why they hate us", I have an answer for that question. But it's not one that people who ask that question usually like. It suggests that changes in policies (most of which shouldn't be changed anyways, but let's ignore that for the moment) won't help. This isn't about poverty, it's not about imperialism, it's not about colonialism, it's not about anything like that. It's about hatred and evil and the worst parts of human nature, parts that cannot be satiated, only defeated. _Knowing that_ we can move on. But first we have to accept that fact. Gautam
