Bob Giramma wrote:
> What should be done about political Islamism? I don't have all the > answers, but it should at least be contained and opposed. In relation to > Iran, Islamists should be prevented from having nuclear weapons. That > was the trump card preventing the free world from annihilating the > Soviets and ending communism early. Don't let the Islamists get such a > capability. Pakistan has nuclear weapons. Iran will create them as well. Israel already has them. Not sure about x-soviet states that used to have nuclear weapons within boundaries and that have large Islamic populations. > Almost all religions and cultures oppose > drugs and personal vices. Typically it's "organized" religion that wants to control personal behavior. Personal "vices", whatever that is, and personal drug choices should be unrestricted. > Islamic law punishes those a lot more > severely. This is a nanny state mentality, not a religious one. Nanny state, religious oppression - same thing. Nanny states are arms of religions that oppress. -- Steve - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take World's Smallest Political Quiz at http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html "If a thousand old beliefs were ruined on our march to truth we must still march on." --Stopford Brooke
