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Thread #75063   Message #1424161
Posted By: CarolC
01-Mar-05 - 03:24 PM
Thread Name: Obit: More Muslim intolerance?
Subject: RE: Obit: More Muslim intolerence?
robomatic has given his own perspective on the fundamentalist Christians in this country, but it is not shared by everyone. Many of us are very much afraid of the consequences of having nuclear weapons in the control of a government that is intimately tied to the Christian right, as the government of the US is now. Although robomatic may not know such people personally, there is a large contingent of people (many of whom are very powerful in the US government, or in some way very influential with the US government) who are the kind who believe that armageddon is something to be promoted in order to hasten the "second coming of Christ". These people are in many cases the very same people who are promoting the use of tactical (small scale) nuclear war in the Middle East. If you are not afraid of these people, you really should be.

The other thing to consider is that the more governments of counries like the US devastate countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, etc., the more radicalized the Muslim communities in general become, and the more refugees countries like Germany and the UK end up having to absorb. So if you are concerned about the impact that these kinds of refugees are having in your own neck of the woods, you might want to consider not helping the US government do the things it's been doing to these countries by posting things that have the potential to promote hateful stereotypes.