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To: tejek who wrote (11422)	8/28/2006 2:37:39 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"I am an extremist" You have that right. It is nice to see you admit it. "I am opposed to" freedom for Iraqis "and all the hate, torture and rape that it has" prevented in "this world." (And especially in Iraq.) I think that says it all about your position.

To: tejek who wrote (11422)	8/28/2006 3:35:07 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"I am an extremist? You dare to call me an extremist???" Absolutely. You are so extreme that you even have to corrupt your view of what constitutes extremism to respond to the notion. Maybe you will find some clarity in the following but more probably ... not. Loyalty to tribe, religion, race, national origin, extreme liberal chaos, extreme oppressive totalitarianism, etc. is a false sense of devotion to the banners of some group. It is this very commitment to the external formulations of order that tends toward corruption to an extreme. The cost is a principled identity of self. When the internal locus of fidelity is to intelligent and principled communion with others for the sake of common humanity, the likelihood of creating chasms between groups is reduced; just as it is widened by expressions of devotion to less deserving tenets.