::in a mild voice, no rancour intended:: How can you say this with any certainty Michael? Who knows what these men would do. Fundamentalism is fundamentalism. Period. Far right or far left, it is the same thing. Jim Jones did not start out killing 900 people, it took years to manifest itself. Who knows how many people have watched Robertson or Falwell, and in the name of what they preach (persuade), went out and shot an abortion clinic doctor? Hitler did not have to pull the trigger to kill millions of people (or Stalin for that matter), they "persuade" others to do it.
No, we should keep a leash on these people as we would a Hitler, or a KKK or any other extremist group. -Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:45 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Falwell like the Taliban ( was Re[2]: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > Gel, > > It is one thing to have extreme, oppressive, fundamentalist views > and something else to act on them. It would be a more accurate to > compare Neo-Nazi's and the KKK to the Taliban rather than Falwell or > Robertson. The difference is the actions taken. Even if you > extrapolate their views and give them action, they are not a militant > group. They are ideologues that use words to persuade, not force. So, > while living in an environment dominated by such thought would be > horrible, it would not be equally comparable to the life of the > Afghanistani people or to those that visit there. Whether or not there > are different facets of the Taliban is irrelevant. The facet that > controls the country and dictates policy is relevant. I'm sure that > there is a "kinder gentler" side of the KKK, but does that change the > very nature of the beast? No. > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > www.endoradigital.com > 630/942-5211 x-134 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Angel Stewart > To: CF-Community > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:16 AM > Subject: Falwell like the Taliban ( was Re[2]: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > The taliban are oppressive fundamentalists in their views. > There are different facets of the Taliban, and in this context it > should > be obvious which such facets are being referred to. > > The Taliban are narrowminded and obtuse in their religions views and > laws.Similarly, so is Falwell's views. Extrapolate this to living > under > a state guided by Falwell's principles. > > -Gel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I disagree wholeheartedly with that statement. I'm no fan of Falwell > or > > Robertson, but I don't see them advocating killing people from other > religions. I don't see them condemning women from receiving an > education or participating in the workforce. I certainly don't see > them > > in support of organizations that murder innocent civilians or building > a > > rebellious and violent movement to overthrow the government to force > all > > Americans to subscribe to their religious beliefs. I don't believe > that > > they support terrorism of any kind. If you have proof contrary to > this > then I'd like to see it. But to equate Robertson and Falwell to Bin > Laden or the Taliban is frankly narrow minded and obtuse. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
