Ed Leafe wrote: > On Jun 15, 2007, at 5:19 PM, Graham Dobson wrote: > > >> I don't believe these values should be the exclusive domain of rich >> countries. I think they are universal good values and that given >> the chance >> most people would aspire to them. Our beliefs accommodate Islam. I >> don't >> believe the terrorists have anything going for them but hatred and >> violence. >> An interesting quote from a women in the refugee camp in Lebanon was >> translated by the BBC as "These people only believe in a better >> life in the >> next life". They are zealots not reasonable people and hold no >> appeal to >> ordinary Muslim people. >> > > It's interesting how you characterize entire cultures as > "terrorists", rather than the extremist members of those cultures. > Sounds a lot like how many fundamentalist Muslims justify > slaughtering any US citizen, or anyone working in the Pentagon or > World Trade Center, simply because they are members of a group that > contain some extremists who want to impose their world view on others. >
I missed the part where he was focusing on an entire culture....I thought he was just focusing on the terrorists within those cultures....i.e., not everyone; just the fundamentalist islamo-facist zealots. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
