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Re: First entry in "predict the responses!"
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Wed, 22 May 2002 19:54:06 GMT
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > As I am not aware of any genetic study which has proven that ?Arabs?
> > specifically are incapable of being rational, this initially struck me as a
> > rather racist statement. However, reading the rest of the text (together
> > your own analysis), I have come to the conclusion that JB is either ignorant
> > or is preaching to the converted.
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> > Scott A
Look at it this way. Perhaps what he is trying to point out is that a
government based upon a religion *is* irrational. I am all for the separation
of church and state as I'm sure you are as well-- the Arabs terrorists and Arab
state sponsored terror are living proof as to why this is a Good Idea®.
Islam as a religion (and culture) has yet to enter its own Age of
Enlightenment-- in fact, the fundamentalist extremists consciously want to
*avoid* such an evolution, which they equate with western culture and all of
its evils-- neverminding the fact that they are merely trading one evil for
another (assuming that Western Culture is evil).
When saddled with Islam as a form of government, I would say that the Arabs are
indeed incapable of rationality.
I suggest that you read the entire article (if you haven't already-- I'd *hope*
you'd have read it all before concluding that he is ignorant), because he makes
a lot of good points. The most convincing to me is that there are a whole lot
more problems in greater magnitude in this world; so why is the world so
riveted to the fate of a few Palestinians (by comparison)? The scrutiny
doesn't merit the situation, and leads one to look elsewhere for explanations
for it (read: anti-semitism).
-John
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| (...) John--which Arab governments are based on religion? In fact the most secular government in the region is Saddam Hussein's Iraq-- which is why he was our proxy against the Islamic theocratic Republic of Iran. Now, that *is* a religious (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I thought that the entire article was written with a cynnical 'tongue in cheek' method. I don't think the author is racist, but rather looking at the "facts" as he sees them and saying that' "Hey, you've had just as much opportunity thru the (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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