sanity wrote:
> Excellent synthesis, information, and commentary.
>
> (I snipped most of the very long post ^_^ )
>
> On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 22:49, Paul M Foster wrote:
>
>>The point here is that if the Muslims want to live on this earth, they
>>need to learn to get along. Because if they can't, there are people on
>>this planet more than capable and willing to dispatch them forthwith to
>
>
> Of course, they are emboldened by our inaction. And it's getting
> worse every day we give audience to pseudo-intellectual existentialist wimps.
>
1) What the hell do "pseudo-intellectual exsistentialist wimps" have to
do with any of this? Do you even know what existentialism is, Or are you
simply trying to include anything you don't like (or don't understand)
into a sensitive, misunderstood and misinterpreted subject in order to
sway people by reason of fear and ignorance to your line of thought?
2) Islam _DOES_NOT_EQUATE_TO_ Liberalism. I feel the need to point this
out because lately it seems that whenever I hear conservatives talk
about this subject, they toss arround the terms seemingly interchangably
without regard. If some liberals (and note that not all of them are) are
sympathetic to Islam that's one matter, but to blame muslim outcry over
something negative being said about their religion on Liberals is a
complete other matter. That's like blaming Rush Limbaugh for right-wing
extremist militias, simply because Rush advocates guns and self defense.
Now, if you're getting into the issue of "Well, it's PC for us to be
nice to Islam," then you're dealing with another issue altogether:
Political Correctness. If that's the Liberal's fault, then fine, pin
them on that, but don't mix things in a pot which have no place being
together.
PS.
I Hate those damn "We've done all the thinking for you, now here's how
you should vote - no thinking involved" things. I hate it when
Conservatives and whatever-the-hell-you-liberatarians-think-you-are do
it, and I hate it when Liberals do it. Damn it, if people don't know
enough about the issues they're voting about to make their own
decissions, then perhaps they shouldn't be voting in te first place.
What's next? "Well, we've decided that you'll do what we suggest
anyways, so how about you let us vote FOR YOU?" It's never a good thing
when the pendelum swings too far in any one direction.
Regardless of whether you're Socialist or Liberatarian, Green or Natual
Law, Republicrat or Demoblican, if you care about what goes on arround
you, YOU SHOULD VOTE. The propaganda was very nice, yes, now go away and
play your "the government's out to get me" games.
Gnorb
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