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To: elmatador who wrote (74676)	5/30/2011 11:13:33 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219926

Culture is a very bad thing Honestly elmat I think that is a silly line.. were you to say that a culture based on religious dogma... or clan units was bad in the modern world.. well sure... agree.. but Britain's VV (note two V's :O) certainly were a cultural phenomenon which served it very well indeed.. and the American 'culture' of independence.. ? .. holding on to old cultures which have served their purpose and are no longer relevant is good.. culture needs to change for the circumstances.. Brazil has no culture ?

To: elmatador who wrote (74676)	5/30/2011 1:01:48 PM
From: 2MAR$	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219926

See Iran a country with dreams of restoring a glory written in books about 3.500 years ago. Culture must be dealt upon ruthlessly! It has caused great suffering for mankind! In the hands of the nation-state culture can do real damage. In fact the historical connection with Iran's 2500 yr old Persian past was dealt with pretty ruthlessly when their vicious intollerant gang of shia Clerics & Amahdenijad (the little mouse that squeaks) flooded the plain around the statue & tomb of their ancient ruler Cyrus the Great . rightsidenews.com Many Iranians drew strength & a strong connection to this heritage of theirs, for this once wise & great King Cyrus ruled over the largest Empire of that time and drew up what is arguably the first of great Charter for Human Rights documents , which included freedoms & protections for all tribes under his rule , including the tribe of the Jews . Since the Iranian ---> "Little Mouse that Squeaked" Pres Amahdenijad has avowed many times the complete Destruction of Israel & his gang of radical thug Shia clerics , it is an affront to all free thinking & freedom loving people . * Last time i checked unemployment was up somewhere near 17% in Iran ? It will end badly for the little slimeball Amahdenijad runt is my prediction . Lets remember that the Holocaust never happened either , according to this little rodent .

To: elmatador who wrote (74676)	5/30/2011 1:25:59 PM
From: 2MAR$	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 219926

"Buddhas of Bamiyan & their destruction... just one more for the Human Heritage file and i'm done ;o) note the date of 3/11/2001 and it was just 6mos later that 9/11 & OBL & company raised the wrath of the worlds largest super power by an attack on the World Trade Towers , that only 2mos later asssembled a coalition of armies & entered into Afghanistan full force & decimated the Taliban who were then scattered into the four winds like fleas. Back into their caves where these thuggies belong , always thought that this a perfect example of Karma visited pretty quickly upon these idiots ? I think so...after losing 1000's of their own lives they're still prolly to this day feeling the shock n awe . Ignorant fascist idiots ... " Why the Taliban are destroying Buddhas "** usatoday.com Afghanistan recently, supreme Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar issued an edict against un-Islamic graven images, which means all idolatrous images of humans and animals. As a result, the Taliban are destroying all ancient sculptures. Explosives, tanks, and anti-aircraft weapons blew apart two colossal images of the Buddha in Bamiyan Province, 230 kilometers (150 miles) from the capital of Kabul. Since, unlike the Buddha, most of us are caught up in endless "selfness" today, news media worldwide now trumpet a rising animus toward the Taliban from foes and their few allies alike. AFP One of the Buddhas that have been destroyed. The two black figures in the center near the bottom are men who are sitting down. Ancient archaeological remains have been thrust into the cruel world of today's seemingly endless conflicts — the ever-changing aims and alliances of international politics, religions dueling on the world stage, and the ironic trade-off of providing aid to conserve the material heritage of the past but not to preserve the lives of modern inheritors of that past. Arrayed against the tolerant and measured messages of Buddhism, the quagmire of the "Bamiyan Massacre" seems perplexing at best. First, it is important to recognize that the massacre has little to do with religion. The Buddha is not God or even one among many gods. During his lifetime of 80 years, Buddha Sakyamuni only allowed his image to be recorded as a reflection in rippling water. Images of the Buddha himself did not appear for at least 400 years after his death and even then were created only to remind followers of their own innate "Buddha Nature." This kind of early aversion to "idolatry" is typical of Christianity and other religions — many devotees of Christ railed against material images of Jesus for centuries, especially during two waves of "iconoclasts" (idol smashers) in the Byzantine Empire. contd (remember being very irrate at this & began indepth studies of these Taliban thugs & began in august 2001 to sound an alarm here on SI about this cruel regime of thugs ruling this country was especially impressed by the efforts of the RAWA group risking lives to get proof out of the country of these idiot fascist radicals rule ...the rest is history )