In an: ----- Original Message ----- From: donnella whitacre To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [rhetoric-list] The Brownshirting of America
donnella asks: "if religion has nothing to do with it , why bring it up?" I mis-stated... "Religion" actually has a lot to do with it. "Religion", as most of us act on it, is a cultural institution, not a spiritual institution. And as such, it answers to society's requirements, including war for oil. "Thou shalt not kill" is interpreted as "Thou shalt not murder" to allow our Judeo- Christian nation to engage in wars with the flimsiest of rarionalizations. The "Christians" are as culpable as "Jews" on this issue. (notice the quote marks) The funny thing is: How often people would scream "anti-semitism" for saying 50% of the neofasc... I mean cons are Jewish, but they wouldn't say I was "anti-Christian" for saying: "50% of them are Christians". Same facts, different responses... It's food for thought. It's to your credit that you didn't "jerk" the anti-semitism "knee", Donnella. In the years to come, the more rational and critical minds working on the problems that face humankind as a whole... the better. Leigh Meyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============== ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XgSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO============================================= (4)Portals (2)News Wikis (2)Conferences - No More BuSHIT! Start here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (West Coast News Wiki) http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (East Coast News Wiki) ========================================================= Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhetoric-list/ <*> 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/
