> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Doug Pensinger > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 12:43 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Great Sam Harris Interview > > On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:33:08 -0700, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Isn't it blindingly obvious that the bin Ladens of this world find > > followers because of the social and economic conditions where they > > recruit? > > No, that's not obvious at all. I'm pretty sure that many of his recruits > are middle/upper income types. I would argue that it is the wealth of the > region that stimulates terrorism and that if the Middle East was > economically and politically irrelevant there would be no epidemic of > terrorism.
Supporting that, we don't have a major concern with Bangladesh terrorists or Zambian terrorists (two countries that have been poor for a long time). Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
