Not so much a disconnect. There are broad brushes for both and these brushes are the issue. In America we're bound by American law. We might not all follow it the same way but on the whole we do (or should) accept it. Beating ones spouse is not enshrined in that law and is against the law. The broad brush used for Islam is Sharia law. I don't have to paint them with this brush as they do it themselves and Sharia law allows for a number of things that we westerners do not agree with, including what we consider spousal abuse. Two broad brushes with the only disconnect being what each considers right.
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > You speak as if time is a flat surface with all events being > disconnected > > and equal in their own segment. > > > I know it was off base, that's why I said so at the end of the statement. > > > 'Westerners' have one take on what is moral and Islam has another. > > You are comparing a regional/cultural group to a religious group so there's > a big disconnect. In California or Vancouver for example it's generally ok > to smoke weed. Go to the bible belt and it's not. Two morally opposed views > yet both areas are "Westerners." Mormons and Catholics have different views > of what's morally right, yet they are both Christian. To paint them with > the > same brush does them both a disservice, the same as using the term Islam as > a catch-all does. > That's part of what I've been saying the whole time. North Americans, or > more specifically Americans, have an opinion of what a Muslim is. Generally > that opinion is that they are middle eastern fundamentalists with IED's in > one hand and the decapitated head of their wife in the other. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:288882 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
