See, what bothers me about this whole thread is, we are in Iraq why again? See, to them, we are the abusive spouse> We are killing their citizens and children for no good reason. Shooting familes who are afraid to stop at checkpoints. I am just saying what I think they perceive here, before a gazillion of you make angry posts. But see, if the above is true, they think *they* are pushing back. And they *we* push back, ad infinitum.
>If such a statement CAN provoke violence, then I say confront it. > >If you live with an abusive spouse, you can try to never say anything >that might provoke them. But that does not solve the issue, it just >leaves you scared all the time, and at some point the jerk will hit >you anyway. > >I also don't see that I am telling anyone that their deepest belief is >stupid. I think I am saying that a violent reaction to offending that >belief is not the right response. > >On 2/3/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Telling a culture that one of their deepest, most important and cherished >> beliefs is "stupid" does nothing to prevent further violence. It provokes >> it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:195839 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
