File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_2001/anarchy-list.0109, message 361


Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:09:53 -0400
From: Sabin Densmore <sabin-AT-onegecko.com>
Subject: Re: some thoughts - the fundies aren't mad


In general,

To say that *all* followers of Islam are terrorists is purely racist, 
bigoted and all that. The Islamic people that have committed acts of 
terrorism are certainly terrorists -- defined by their acts, not their 
beliefs -- but not all people who are Islam have committed terrorism. 
KKK, Nazis, Christians, Animal Rights etc ...

Religion causes problems, for sure. But to blame the people who follow 
the religion is like blaming a Soviet Citizen for the Cold War. The 
average law/religion abiding citizen is doing that they are made to 
think is right. They look at their life, think it sucks, are offered a 
panacea that will "make it better". Who wouldn't grab hold of it? What 
other options are there? Propaganda works wonders.

Hatred sucks. I'm sick of it. Hatred starts everything, and is 
propagated by religion/politics etc. I don't like religion. But I will 
*never* lay blanket statements out about those who are religious.

No anarchist should. It'll be a long, hard battle if we start doing that.

sd

CptS2-AT-aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/30/01 8:03:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> anarchie-AT-buelinckx.net writes:
> 
> 
> 
>     Go for it boy, learn.
> 
>     Erik
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I was waiting for you before you were born!
> 
> Why is it that the more immersed in the study of the religion its 
> adherents become the more likely they are to become terrorists? What is 
> the prime factor within the Quran that causes such things? Surely there 
> is some errant word or idea in there somewhere which causes a 'fault' to 
> develop and drives them insane? Please find this for me.
> 
> Why, since there has been Islamic sponsored terrorism for decades, 
> haven't the peaceful millions demanded the expulsion of the radical 
> fringes from their midst? It seems that only when they are about to be 
> dealt some of there own medicine do they stand up on their hind legs and 
> say, "Oh, we are a peaceful! And we abhor this violence!" How sweet and 
> contrite they are. Hell, I almost love them for saying those things. 
> Hey! Maybe they will even do something among themselves? One could only 
> wish to live that long!
> 
> Why is it that the two main divisions within Islam cannot abide one 
> another? Do they read the same words? If The Book is subject to such 
> massive misunderstandings should one be relying upon it at all as the 
> basis for a peaceful religion? Or maybe they are all dialectical 
> materialists? But then where is the progress? I guess that I am just 
> confusededed........
> 
> Please adjust my opinions.
> 
> Nightstalker


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