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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (574)	9/12/2001 2:21:59 PM
From: speedbot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

Absolutely. Democracy is the greatest enemy of these societies. Afgan death sentences for promotion of christianity & such. Freedom would unravel their entire social structure.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (574)	9/12/2001 3:10:39 PM
From: amadeus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

I expected one day, not this soon, we would need to begin to look at our strange relationships in the middle east. we do business with countries which are entrenched in religious intolerance and fundamentalism. not only do business, but in fact are economically dependent upon them. the predominant religion here in the US, Christianity, is in fact a crime in many of these countries. in many of these countries, there is no aspect of the religious freedom upon which we built the foundation of our own country. if these countries practiced slavery would we still buy their oil? if these countries practiced genocide, would we still buy their oil? perhaps its time to consider religious intolerance on equal ground, recognizing that it in fact represents the same risk to the world and to us. to enrich their societies with our wealth and trade, ultimately strengthens their cultural patterns and supports the growth of their fundamentalism. time to end the need for any middle eastern oil. we could all probably do it, quite effectively and efficiently, just through our own conservation and change of habits. think about it.