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To: carranza2 who wrote (182186)	2/20/2006 10:33:58 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

Envy does explain a lot. Greed and envy = two sides of the same coin and driving politics around the world. Mq

To: carranza2 who wrote (182186)	2/20/2006 10:42:37 AM
From: Keith Feral	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Islamic tradition prevents progress on any level. They cannot take loans to pay for college - interest or riba is strictly forbiden by the law of shari'a. If we are going to satirize Islamic traditions, we cannot attack the prophet. We need to attack the legal system and the leaders. If someone said that every Jesus must be frustrated because every Christian was an idiot, I would be pretty pissed off too. I have an intense level of suspicion of Islam. After practicing Yoga for a almost every day now for a few years, I can imagine a slight sense of how they must feel with respect to meditation and religion. Applied to the wrong purpose, the practice of daily meditation on a "prayer mat" could produce some disastrous results. I have seen a lot of normal people totally dedicate their life to Yoga without any regard for their own interests. They become selfless helpers of the Yoga tradition, seeking only to exist in a way that serves their own practice. Once you learn to clear your mind with meditation, it is quite easy to live an incredible life of discipline either good or evil. I think there is a good reason that the Hindus and the Muslims hate each other with such a passion. I can tell you from the practice of yoga, I have nothing but respect for Indian culture. Conversely, I have nothing but fear about the intent of the Muslim culture. They scare the bejesus out of me because I know the jihadis could be produced like robots. The Islamic culture is producing a robotic guard of jihadis that are 100% disciplined in the hideous intent. There is almost like a star wars "dark side" to the force of the Islamic jihadis. They are like the Siths led by the Emperor and Darth Vader. I dont' think that necessarily makes all of the Christians and Jews part of the Jedi force. It would be nice to think we could find some leadership that would create a bond that exceeded nationalist identity to bring Catholics, Jews, Christians, and Indians, and all non Muslims to some common understanding. One of these days, I hope that the Muslims begin to swear that bin Laden made Bush a terrible force. I hope the same is said for Chirac and all the leaders in Europe that sat back idle during the initial phase of WW3 in the ME. Why do the Europeans always sit back in appeasement? Usually, we have to bail them out of trouble. This time, they need to step forward to show universal solidarity that mankind will not be subjugated by Muslim intolerance and terrorism which is giving way to a global revolution. In almost every country in the world, the Muslims are becoming a real pain in the ass. We can no longer assume that they deserve civil rights if they are not going to play by the rules. They are playing by a set of rules determined by psychopathic assumptions. If we are going to make society safe for everyone, we cannot secularize every aspect of Christianity and Catholicism and let the Muslims do whatever the hell they want.