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Modifita de Übergeek 바둑이 (3. Junio 2011, 22:44:35)
Artful Dodger:
> Show me where as a global effort, Christians are at war with the world in the way that Islam is.
Just because al Qaeda wants westerners out of the Middle East it does not mean that Islam is at war with the world. I think that you have been repeating right wing propaganda for so long that you have actually have grown to believe it.
But then, we forget that it was Western empires that invaded the Middle East, rahter than the other way around. How many times did Iran deposed an American president and imposed a dictatorship in the USA? Yet Americans did it to Iran. How many times did countires in the Middle East gave money and weapons to dictators in the USA? Yet the USA did it in several countries, not only in the Middle East but around the world. Is it a surprise then that those people see our western way of life as undesirable?
One could very well argue that the USA is at war with the world. After all, your armed forces are present everywhere, invading other countries and threatening to overthrow goverments and bomb those people who disagree with your perceived self-superior way of life. But then, empires always blame those they invade. The Romans invaded the barbarians, even though it was the Romans who invaded those around them.
Irrespective of whether Isalam is at war with the world, you still haven't answered my questions:
How do you account for the wars of Reformation and Christians killing Christians?
How do you accounjt for Christians killing millions of natives in the Americas just to impose their empires and religion on them?
(kaŝi) Se vi restigas la musmontrilon sur la piktogramo pri lia membreco, aperos ŝpruchelpilo kun liaj ĉefaj detaloj. (pauloaguia) (Montri ĉiujn konsilojn)