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To: TraderGreg who wrote (67097)	10/13/2000 9:01:30 AM
From: justmickey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 150070

This assumes that the violence in the middle east has a religious basis, which it does not. This is not a battle for religious ideals, but rather a battle for land. The assumption that the arabs in the middle east want peace is one made only by the ignorant. What they really want is every jew out of Israel. What killed the last round of peace negotiations was Arafat's refusal to give up his BS claims to Tel-Aviv and Haifa. So, lesse now, they want Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, and Haifa... where does that leave Israel? As to my statement being a generalization, well, of course it is. The problem is that this particular generalization applies to an overwhelming percentage of the target group. As I said, as a whole, they contribute little to society other than violence. The attack against the USS Cole is just one more example. What possible religious idealism could account for bombing a US ship at this time? Mickey

To: TraderGreg who wrote (67097)	10/13/2000 10:23:55 AM
From: scott bradley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 150070

Thank you for clarifying that. I know many fine people of Arab descent. The problem is not Islam but it is any religion taken to an extreme or, as in Israel and Palestine, religious involvement in government. I hope these people who push for prayer in public schools or public money for religious schools see the problems that government sponsored religion in middle eastern countries have led to. It is sad but if you look through time, it is far more likely for a person to have died from religious intolerance or religious aggression than from drugs, x rated movies, video games or any of the other small problems that our politicians seem to think are the real issues of the day.