Ah ok I was curious whether it might have originated from Sears! Your comment about the petition brings up a question that is bothering me these days. Does it not seem to anyone else that hatred is very often explicitly or implicitly condoned in the muslim world? Where's the religion in that?
I don't think I'm being too Judaeo-Christian when I ask that, as I am a Buddhist. Is it just ingrained in the Arab psyche and Islam just turns a blind eye to it or what's the story? I mean it's a relevant question because many have rightly raised the question of how well western-style democracy will fare in post-war Iraq, in what is more or less a medieval-style patriarchal feudal environment? I am thinking of the problems in Japan as another example of this issue. Granted that Iraq is a secular state, but then we have the bizarre scenario of self-interested secular Iraqi politicians calling for a jihad or holy war against the U.S. coalition! The hermetic if not anaerobic nature of the Islamic Arab world, especially it's extreme fundamentalist side, has been worrying me ever since they issued a jihad against Salman Rushdie. You can be sure that none of those who issued that order ever read his book. People with such a terminal lack of humour scare the shit out of me.... Ever since that time I've been expecting a whole lot more bad to come out of that part of the world. Anyways, I guess the question that I'm dancing around is to what degree is Arab violence and hatred a reflection of Islamic theology and to what extent is it fostered by corrupt authorities - be they religious or secular or both? Thoughts? Thanks. -Patrick >-----Original Message----- >From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: April 2, 2003 11:42 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Corporate Support for Activated Reservists > > >The one that I got was from a Conservative action group. They send out >emails about petitions and the like... I got on their list while I was >poking arond looking for RNC info last year. > >I tend to read what they're sending me and only take action if >I agree with >it (there was one I saw where the petition was to install a >Judeo-Christian >gov't in post-war Iraq... didn't sign that one, too extreme >for my blood). > >The email they sent this time was asking for people to email >Sears thanking >them for their support. > >Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89 70.5
