To quote: -- This is because you live the a mostly secular society. People in the middle east do not. To them, religion is a very important consideration in their life. --
You are stereotyping people from a very large region that is made up of dozens of individual cultures, and making them all sound the same. That is racism. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 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: Benjamin Falloon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 8:53 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: I'll never understand... > > > How so? > Quote me... > > Benjamin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 12:42 AM > Subject: RE: I'll never understand... > > > > Ben, > > > > You should also stop stereotyping people from Arab cultures > as well as > > Americans. You are beginning to sound like quite the racist. > > > > -- > > Larry C. Lyons > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 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: Benjamin Falloon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 12:52 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: I'll never understand... > > > > > > > > > > that the right or wrong invloved with killing another human > > > being should > > > not be based on the religion of the victim. > > > > > > This is because you live the a mostly secular society. People > > > in the middle > > > east do not. To them, religion is a very important > > > consideration in their > > > life. For this, you should not judge them. Killing others is > > > wrong for any > > > reason. > > > > > > Benjamin > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 4:49 AM > > > Subject: Re: I'll never understand... > > > > > > > > > > Oh please, bin Laden and the Taliban brought nothing > but grief and > > > hardships to Afghanistan after they took over. The feelings of > > > > the NA fighters should also reflect that. This is not only > > > about what was > > > done to us (although that is our motivation). > > > > > > > > Plus, look at the quote that you repeated - it seems like > > > killing a fellow > > > Arab/Muslim may or may not be acceptible...but that's the > > > > criteria. I don't think the criteria even applies to > > > non-Muslims...and I > > > think that is one of the biggest points. My feelings are > > > > that the right or wrong invloved with killing another human > > > being should > > > not be based on the religion of the victim. > > > > > > > > Howie > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Benjamin Falloon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 12:25 PM > > > > Subject: Re: I'll never understand... > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think you do either with generalisations like that.... > > > > > > > > > > The solider has a point to quote: > > > > > > > > > > "If I die fighting an Arab, I'm an unholy martyr," > > > explained Ghafar. > > > "But if > > > > > I kill an Arab in battle, he'll be a shahid, a holy martyr." > > > > > > > > > > "This is not a holy war," Ghafar continued. "We are > > > supporting Americans > > > and > > > > > non-Muslims against Muslims." > > > > > > > > > > These people are fighting their own kind for the benefit > > > of America. Bin > > > > > Ladin might be a terrible person, but he still helps > > > expel the Russians > > > from > > > > > this soldiers homeland. And expelling the russians was > > > also victory for > > > > > America. How do you think that would feel... put > yourself in his > > > shoes.... > > > > > > > > > > Benjamin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
