I identify as an American. I could go to Canada and probably get citizenship, but I don't. It's important to me to be an American. Do I agree with everything that is official policy here? Oh hell no. But it's what I was born into, it is what my ancestors were and I'll do my best to help make my country the America I want it to be.
The same is true for a lot of people in political parties and religions. I agree that if you find something too morally repugnant, you should leave. I also know that there is a lot within Islam that is decent and kind and good. I'm not a good person to judge the balance for Islam, just like I'm not for Christianity. I don't really understand religion from the inside, it's not how I was raised and I am not really wired with the need for belief. But I'm also not willing to condemn everyone either. Judah On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:55 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not saying it is. I know better than that. I worked with ANA guys > that really were trying to do the right things. Terps that put their lives > and the lives of their families on the line to help us. > > What I am saying is that EVERY person that self identifies as either a sh'a > or sunni is saying that these laws are ok. They grant them legitimacy. > > Example. A few months ago I joined the USDL, an off shoot of the EDL. I > was on their forums and going through things. I found a couple of things > that really bothered me. There was at least on person with white power > nonsense in his sig, 1488 and shit; and the US version made christian > theology very central to their group, something the EDL does not do. > > I started simple. Some minor agitating. Ramped up and got louder as I was > ignored. Finally I left and I took people with me because they were fucked > up. I wouldn't belong to a group who I didn't morally agree with. I > cannot do that. > > I left government service for much the same reason, I couldn't abide the > direction things were headed. > > We decide for ourselves who to associate with. Who to call friend and > ally. Did all Nazis support genocide against the Jews? No they did not, > but if they remained members and didn't fight it then they are every bit as > guilty as those that carried it out. > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:13 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I'm the one that posted the pics of those supporting protests to this >> list >> > don't forget. Yes, I loved seeing it and would love to see more. >> > >> > Instead what I've seen is Yemen and Tunisia. >> >> If you are paying attention to Tunisia perhaps you will notice that >> their police force was standing its ground against protestors, putting >> themselves in harms way to try and protect our embassy. In Egypt, >> police are also battling protestors. Same thing in Sudan. >> >> It's not as simple as "everybody hates us" or "everybody loves us" and >> it never will be. >> >> Judah >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355032 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
