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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: uu who wrote (32154)	10/12/2001 2:55:40 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"Perhaps nothing wrong with Islam itself, but how it can easily be manipulated by evil psychopaths." This seems to be a very insightful comment. Think about this long and hard. Do you really want to make the focus of your life, an attack on Islam? The nature of evil psychopaths (or mean spouses for that matter) is to blame their evil on another being,....the ultimate blame worthy being for them is God. It is no surprise to me that an evil psychopath would base their actions on the religious authority of God; whether it be a doctrine they find in the Bible, the Quran, or the I Ching. I don't blame God for what corrupt regimes do or for the actions of idiots, even if they do claim to belong to a religion. Wadya say we start holding human beings responsible for what they do?

To: uu who wrote (32154)	10/12/2001 3:18:28 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Hello Addi. I read your thread, and you strike me as being very aware. I also get the feeling that you are holding lots of information close to your chest out of politeness and genuine concern. I am curious about the relationship between Muhammed and Salman Farsi (did I spell that correctly?). Are you familiar with the stories? You were there, I guess, when the American manufacturing plants had given employment, dignity, and hope to the people. I have a casual friend who escaped from there when the religious insanity returned. They were able to kill his 16 year old son as a lesson, however. He tells me interesting stories of being questioned as to the number of times he prayed, went to the mosque, that sort of thing. Unfortunately, his english is very minimal so I miss a lot of valuable and poignant information. I guess it was pretty exciting living between life and death at every moment, and not having the right to your own beliefs; but needing to believe what you were told, and to act as you were told--or to die on the spot without trial. If you know of the stories about Salman Farsi, I would love to hear. If you feel PM is more appropriate, that is fine.