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To: rrufff who wrote (4194)	10/28/2003 10:19:25 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Good point, rruff. Extremists on both sides have tried to use the cultural war boogeyman to whip people into groups to "clash" with other groups. I have seen it in most cultures and all sides of the political spectrum. An ugly side of human nature. I never put much stake in a few scenes of people demonstrating somewhere. All you need is 50 people on a street corner and it makes good TV. Selective use of TV footage can prove any point of view you care to name. I don't pretend to understand the motivations behind fanaticism of any stripe. All crazed fundamentalists are off their rocker in my book, be they political , religious, nationalist, whatever. I know you can't stomp them out with force or an equal but opposite dollop of anger and hatred. Hatred fans hatred, almost every time. I reckon the best we can do is set the best example we can as a moderate, tolerant society and deploy our military resources carefully to meet the threats we can't deal with through political, economic or diplomatic means. Not sexy - but moderates rarely are. ;<)