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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (28967)	6/6/2004 3:18:53 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

agree Orca. The world will be a more peaceful place when all man-made religions(they're all man-made) have been abolished. Rather than exclaim they be abolished, let it be said that these religions shall have matured beyond the need for bloodshed. I'm all for freedom of religion. But evil cannot hide behind ancient scriptures, written in a different time, in a different language, their meanings are but mere shadows of original intent and context. One does not need to study ancient scriptures to know what evil is. Violent Muslim Fundamentalists are now trying to impose their beliefs on the world. They are a very small minority of Muslims. That always needs to be said. I've been asking you how many of these Islamic terrorists are there. The actual number of them is small. But indiscriminate actions against non violent people will not end the actions of the terrorists. I've heard estimates made by Rumsfeld that there are approximately 15,000 Islamic terrorists world wide. We have already killed 20,000 people in Iraq. A large number of these people killed were innocents. Killing innocents does not reduce the number of terrorists. It very likely increases their number. All the peace-loving people of the Earth need to join together in order to eradicate the fanatic terrorists. But we must do it with compassion, intelligence, morality and justice. Anything less will not accomplish our goal of eradicating terror. And most importantly we should not impose our will on other peoples. Surely assist them if they are peaceful and resist them if they are not. We cannot plant a western democracy in Iraq. Iraqis must decide for themselves what kind of government they want. They will likely have an opportunity for elections. If they elect a government of theocrats, then so be it. If they pursue peace they will find a world ready to be at peace with them. If they pursue terror, they will find a world ready to do battle. Orca