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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (37801)	5/24/2007 11:18:07 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 541851

"Elroy, we, by our actions, are creating the "hate" by failing to understand their culture and their religion. It is this hate that is fostering a culture of terrorism. (That is a powerful statement and by saying that of course I am not justifying their actions - just trying to find the cause of their hate for us). If we fail to understand that - as the study so clearly showed - we have a very unfortunate future waiting for us - and the world." From what I read of Elroy he more or less agrees with that. I think he understands the whole thing pretty well. I think you might be misreading him. Although I think he would argue there is not a "culture of terrorism" here in the US, and were AMerican Christians asked a similar question (like "Christianity is under attack- would you defend it by any means necessary"- I think Elroy might say you'd get similar numbers. It doesn't mean Christians are going to be terrorists- it just means that in certain circumstances they imagine they would be violent to defend their religion from attack. I think everything Elroy has said on this topic has been pretty reasonable and moderate.

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