The BBC and others go out of their way to label people like these as militants, fighters, practitioners, whatever but not terrorists. Doesn't matter how horrific the attack, they just can't bring themselves to see it for what it is.
As for the Jews, yes. They went to a Jewish center specifically for this purpose. They targeted them and tortured them before killing them. My view is that this is just a wake-up call for the world which will go back to sleep next week. There are real genocides in the Sudan and no one cares. There are 'occupying' armies in Tibet, Lebanon, and a whole host of other places but the world sleeps unless it's Israel. There are wars, terrorists attacks, plots and more going on every day and the media does its best to play it down or play moral equivalence. My view is that no one will remember this next week and no one will care. Is Pakistan in cahoots with the terrorists? Probably. They've been shown to be supporters of terrorist groups in the past (like in the past few months) and they're still trying to get more land in Kashmir (Pakistan was part of India before the split). Will it be proven that Pakistan had a part in this? Never. This is a Islam vs. non-Islam thing. Yes, you can say militant Islam vs. non-Islam but that is a point that means nothing. The education that is coming out of places like Saudi Arabia is not pro-anything other than Islam and everyone else is second class or less. This is not teaching tolerance. The governments are not teaching their people tolerance. Maybe the average Muslim on the street could care less about dominating non-Muslims but they have never counted in the eyes of their leaders. Note what I just said - their leaders. Their kings, presidents-for-life, dictators, whatever. Their teachers, their government, their religious leaders, etc. This is a war of cultures and the average Muslim means nothing to those fighting in the name of Islam. They have no problem sacrificing as many innocents as they need to get what they want and what they want is not peace. Note that this is not racism. I'm not advocating one race over another. Neither Islam nor the 'west' are a race. I'm not advocating one culture over another. I'm saying flat out that this is a war between an IDEAL of Islam as a supreme religion/philosophy over all vs. those that don't want to live under that religion/philosophy. This is a war between an Islam rooted in their days of conquest and domination. I don't have a problem with the Islam which leaves me alone just as I don't have a problem with the Christianity that leaves me alone. I have a problem with the Islam that wants me dead for being a Jew, westerner, non-Muslim, whatever. Is that two Islams? Maybe but those on the killing side want to turn all of Islam into theirs and they ARE wining. On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wasn't aware they had stopped referring to them as terrorists. > > Were jews targeted specifically? > I read that those holding US and UK passports were targeted. > > What's your view on the attacks? > > I think it is one of the largest tragedies ina long while. It shows > just how dangerous these militants are. > I still have not read anything about a reason though. The group that > claimed responsibility, what do they want? > Is this an india- Pakistan thing? > Is it a Fundamentalist vs the West thing? > Is it to oust the Indian Government? > > What's this most co-ordinated attack about? > > 2008/12/2 Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Even the Times's British equivalent, the Guardian, began its news story: > > "The inclusion of the headquarters of an ultra-orthodox Jewish group was > > obviously intended to send its own message." Does the New York Times > think > > that the seeking out and murder by Muslim terrorists of the only New York > > rabbi in Mumbai and his wife was "an accidental target"? > > > > There was nothing accidental about any of the seven sites that the > > terrorists attacked. And it was no accident that Mumbai was hit. It is > the > > most multireligious city in India -- with Hindus, Muslims, Christians, > > Parsees and Jews living in relative harmony. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282037 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
