Re: Apparently Jihadis want to give Egypt a "face lift"
QUOTE=El Kabong;1111937]Can someone tell me the positives of this kind of hardcore Islam??? I mean what do they bring to the table? Really what do they do? They skew the words of the Q'uran and they oppress (at the very least) any nonbelievers. So how do these guys benefit society on the whole?
Any of my lefty friends care to answer that????[/QUOTE]
Lyle, you're right. I can't see any positives from this kind of hardcore religious fascism. None whatsoever.
That said, I can't see any positives from any kind of hardcore religious fascism, whether it be Christian fundamentalists in the UK or US, Hindu maniacs in India or whatever.
Any school of thought that wants to tell other people what to do, what to think and how to live their lives according to the wishes of a possibly non-existent deity is always open to abuse and has never helped anyone in human history, I would argue
Re: Apparently Jihadis want to give Egypt a "face lift"
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El Kabong
We allow for Mubarak to be ousted, a guy who evil though he may have been kept the peace with Israel.
We choose NOT to help Iran who's population is more Western oriented.
How did we "allow" Mubarak to be ousted?
Nobody, especially the Iranian opposition, want America to get involved in Iran. They don't like their government but they don't like American involvement in their country either.
Re: Apparently Jihadis want to give Egypt a "face lift"
Re: Apparently Jihadis want to give Egypt a "face lift"
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Lyle, you're right. I can't see any positives from this kind of hardcore religious fascism. None whatsoever.
That said, I can't see any positives from any kind of hardcore religious fascism, whether it be Christian fundamentalists in the UK or US, Hindu maniacs in India or whatever.
Any school of thought that wants to tell other people what to do, what to think and how to live their lives according to the wishes of a possibly non-existent deity is always open to abuse and has never helped anyone in human history, I would argue
That's all I ask for....it's a simple pragmatic answer
