Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 23:36:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: salon interview & rushdie


> It does not matter that Rushdie is a
> member of the Muslim community

he's not a member. he's a professed athiest.

> A man can be a woman, 

really? and how might that occur? do tell. 

> State and Church remain
> seperate and that is the choice of secular
> societies.

not in the US.

> it (satanic verses) mocks the pompousness of dogma 

i'll give you that.

> So why can't
> Rushdie be a Muslim, because you say so? 

hmmm... could it be because he's an athiest which by
definition believes in no supreme being, whereas a
muslim believes in god. logic anyone?

> I support a hip atheistic Islam 

yeah the one where one minute god exists and the next
it doesn't. that's hip i suppose... in a delusional,
drug-induced sort of way. 

> all the rest of that crap about
> cutting peoples heads off like they do in Saudi
> Arabia and like they also do in Iraq.

it's funny how ppl say that death penalties are brutal
in arab nations but yet never mention the brutality of
the electric chair or lethal injection in the US. it's
as though it's okay in the mighty 'first world' but if
the state mandated murder is enforced in the arab
world whoa, 'stop the presses those nasty arabs
massacred another one.' your language betrays the
bigot in you.

> Let the wonders
> of a world weak with its own hates and resentments
> give rebirth to itself and let itself and others be.
> To let be and let go.

as though the 'first world' doesn't harbor hate. you
know if you're going to condemn an act don't limit it
to the 'third world.' that was rushdie's problem in my
eyes. while i support his denounciation of the crime
in nigeria, where was his harsh criticism when king
george denied a death sentence appeal to a retarded
man in texas and promptly sent him the the execution
chamber (and that's just one example)? that's the
problem with these ppl in the media (here it's
rushdie) is that they say 'look how bad nigeria is'
while they sing the praises of the US like the good
little media whores that they are, ignoring all the
while the mounting injustices in their own countries.
the one-sidedness is the problem, and you, eldorra,
just seem to be advancing this notion all over again.

> Greetings ! I am a Buddhist !                       
>                 I came  to share a Light!!

no one cares. 

you know i really missed your ethereal ramblings on
the list. it's nice to know you'll be bringing back
the entertainment value here.  

gr3g

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'every government is a dictatorship. every leader, a tyrant.'   -anonymous 


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