On 4/11/06, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I didn't say that poverty results in or correlates to terrorism. It's > not > > that simple. > > But without correlation, then it's hard to identify it as a major cause.
I don't think you're following me. I didn't say that poverty is a major cause of terrorism. I don't believe that. I was saying that social, political and economic conditions in the Middle East have created an environment favorable to recruiting terrorists by demagogues. My point was to argue against focusing on religion as the reason there are terrorists arising in Islamic countries, as Harris chooses to do. More to the point, there are many reasons such things happen. Religion is just one of a bunch of interacting forces at work. And I do think it is blindingly obvious that more than religion creates the swamps of injustice in which the mosquitoes of terrorism breed, to paraphrase Jim Wallis. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
