--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 17, 2006, at 2:31 AM, Irmeli Mattsson wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > wrote: > > > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > Is this really how the majority of people and the politicians in the > > USA think? > > OF course not. What do you think? A few lunatics on the right do, and > unfortunately they've cheated and bullied their way into power. It > won't last, it never does. > > > Certainly not in Europe and by no means in Finland. Here I feel we are > > too understanding of everything people in the Muslim world do and we > > don't dare to criticize their values and moral thinking. They are seen > > as just the poor victims. > > Not a particularly healthy attitude. > > > > I don't think they are in the first place victims. I think they are a > > culture and religion in deep crisis. Something developmental arrest > > there must be, when big parts of people live in deep poverty in spite > > of the huge oil riches, and their attitudes and values are on the > > level people in Europe had in medieval times. > > Yes, it's pathetic and a huge waste of resources, both material and > intellectual.
It goes back to Western manipulation of non-Western civilizations (not that the non- Western civilization don't indulge as well). We (Brits, US, Europe, USSR) have supported very nasty regimes in the Middle East for generations in order to control the oil, the geography, etc. Those same regimes see the writing on the wall as far as their power goes because the world will quite soon (within the next century) go to a post-oil economy, and theyare fighting to stay in power. Staying in power doesn't mean creating an educated citizenry. 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/
