Having lived in the area and seen the impact of Mr. Falwell on Lynchburg, believe me comparisons to the Taliban are not far off.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 12:45 PM > 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
