At 4:50 PM -0500 8/12/06, Bob Sullivan wrote: >Bob, > >I don't know what they did in Northern Ireland, but I can't let what >you said go unchallenged.
As I understand it the common people themselves have grown tired of the terrorism - both from the IRA and the UDF and their ilk - and have stopped supporting and tolerating it. When the terrorists lose that kind of grassroots support they become little more than gangsters. > >Do you believe that the Islamic fundamentalist terrorists are just >kidding when they propose turning society's clock back to the middle >ages and the rule of the clergy? Did you only look at the pictures >from Afghanistan and not read any of the text? Come on, I know you're >smarter than that. > >When you can tell me with a straight face that you will be willing to >live under the rule of the fundamentalist clergy of Osama's choice (or >even Episcopalian for that matter), I'll believe you. The conditions >that lead to this terrorism are the march of time and tide as we grow >into an educated, plural, tolerant society. It's also a result when a society or way of life feels threatened. It's a way for a small minority to make a big bang and get noticed. -- Steve Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
