Net Llama! wrote: > Moving to general where this belongs > > On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Michael Hipp wrote: >> It's the ridiculous ideas that "many" agree with that should scare us >> (e.g. Islam, Communism, etc.).
> Please tell me that i'm misunderstanding you above. You didn't imply that > Islam is a ridiculous idea, right? The word "ridiculous" was used to describe the article linked by Collins and is not the one I would choose for Islam. But as an improvised general term of derision it'll suffice to describe a pseudo-religion that: - Uses children as expendable weapons - Inflicts politically-motivated acts of violence on uninvolved women and children and calls it "holy" - Has as it's primary means of evangelism the sword (or AK-47, RPG, or strapped-on explosive) - Treats females as chattel - Treats young boys as cannon fodder - Believes any particular race is inferior (even subhuman) and suitable only to be killed I could go on, of course. That's certainly not to say that every adherent to or tenet of Islam is "ridiculous", but those particular signals seem buried in the noise. BTW, I refer to it as a pseudo-religion because it is actually more a system of government that (mis) uses religion as a source of legitimacy and power. As such it deserves to be condemned along with all the other oppressive types of government that have been tried (monarchy, communism, nazism, socialism, theocracy, democracy, etc.). >> I'm just trying to figure out what ghetto Collins hangs out in to dredge >> up such gems. :-) > > It was posted to Linux Today. If that's a ghetto, then we're all in big > trouble. I didn't see that as I don't visit LT often, but the link went to www.shellytherepublican.com. If it's real, it's definitely a ghetto. If your theory of it being satire is correct then it ought to carry a warning label something like "Warning: May cause high blood pressure in people of sensibility." Michael _______________________________________________ [email protected] Unsub/Pause/Etc : http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
