--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > In other words, as far as I can tell they're blasting > > > the Pope for knowing more about the history of their > > > religion than they do. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/frea5 > > From the Times of London: > > Times Online September 15, 2006 > How an emperor's words landed the Pope in trouble > By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent of The Times > This whole issue, with the US, Europe and the Pope painting Islam in a poor light seems to me the ultimate clash between the former imperial powers and what is called the third world. We in the West have become victims of our own success. In part by exploiting the third world, disproportionate wealth has been created in the West, leading to rapid technological advancements in communication, transportation and weaponry, which have greatly leveled the playing field between the third world and the West, in terms of them being able to oppose us. No more 'Great White Father'.
The current conflict continues as long as the West thinks that by killing enough of the third world people, we can force the rest into submission and servitude. It isn't working, nor will it. The root of the problem is entrenched greed and the momentum of centuries of weapons development in the West, and centuries of resentment in the third world. Hence the clashes currently, where each side paints the other in the worst possible light. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
