so......hard.....to....resist.........must.......move........fingers....away.....from...keyboard.....before.....I....start......to.....rant.!!!
Dana Tierney wrote: >just a question, does bush seem to you to be a good example of a christian? >Does he embody christian values? > >look at it that way... > >Dana > >Harkins,Patrick writes: > > > >>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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89 70.5
