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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (223084)3/8/2007 3:25:57 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
" I recognize that you would be persecuted if you went to some monocultures and attempted to express or impose your views on the people who lived there. "

"You recognize incorrectly! In the context of our discussion, for your hypothetical to prove her case,..."

My criteria for disproving her case was 'The USA', which I believe qualifies, as I substantiated it for her. Her complaints have to do with state sponsored injustice and so you may have noticed, I didn't use her qualifyier (Islamic countries) when recognizing the validity of her complaint.

"Saddam for example, might have ordered her execution, but his motives would not have been religious. "

There is injustice all over the world. Some of it is perpetrated by people claiming to do so in the name of Islam. I don't recognize their legitimacy, she chooses to legitimize them... Her mistake. IMO.