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To: JohnM who wrote (37310)	8/12/2002 2:46:11 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Does that mean you don't wish any of them to "fall under the tyranny of extremists." I guess you can't read plain English, since I stated EXACTLY THAT, in my post: (and I would state a similar position were Catholicism or the protestant churches to start advocating "Crusade" and committing suicide attacks). Extremism in ANY religion that seeks to use violent means to destroy democratic and pluralistic values MUST be opposed. And I don't care if that includes "pro-lifers" bombing abortion clinic, white separatists bombing black churches, or reactionary Zionists who believe they can shoot unarmed civilians on the West Bank. The whole issue is there is a civilized and peaceful manner in which to promote one's ideas and views, and we are obligated to create such an exchange. But those views MUST be complimentary to preserving political opposition in a marketplace of ideas, not through sheer terror and intimidation. There must be adherence to such peaceful resolution of disagreements FROM ALL SIDES, or the result is a tyranny of the minority. And our ideas and values were attacked by tyrannical regimes and entities which have NO DESIRE to see democratic pluralism. Regimes and entities who will include suicide attacks as a weapon of terror. There's a big difference between a population VOTING for more conservative laws, and having it imposed upon them through terror and intimidation. And that's what is occuring now in the middle east. Hawk