Posted on 10/24/2001 8:37:51 AM PDT by Starmaker
Feeling more free within themselves? Yikes! I'm feeling sick reading about it.
Let’s define our terms here. You claim “exploitation.” A Christian would claim “explanation.” After all, the Bible has numerous passages in which God withdraws his protection from Israel because of their sins. As a result, they are defeated in battle, enslaved and/or dispersed. Of course Atheists consider these fairy tales. However, Christians take these Bible passages as a warning that God can withdraw His protection from a people if they fall into sin.
One of America’s biggest exports is our “culture.” This consists of both tangible culture such as Big Macs, Coke and jeans, and intangibles such as music, movies, plays and books. Muslins hate us for many things, but one of the things they hate us for is our culture, and the way it has “polluted” theirs. It’s an indisputable fact.
Now lots of Americans may claim that our culture is vastly superior to theirs. And I would agree. However, I am repelled by some aspects of our culture and the effect it has on our young. Chastity has a hard time competing with promiscuity, especially when the hormones are raging and popular culture tells you that it’s cool to screw anything that moves. Modesty has a hard time of it in an MTV world.
The cheap and easy shot at Christians seems to be characteristic of a certain brand of Libertarian. I’m not going to let it pass.
Puh-leeze. Makow is no Christian -- in fact, he is a disgrace to Christianity, just as Osama bin Laden is a disgrace to Islam.
Complaining about the former is useful to Makow's political agenda. Complaining about the latter isn't.
It's the same reason Jesse Jackson blew his top about some stupid Toyota ad but couldn't care less about the Sudanese slave trade.
I have no knowledge of Makow’s religion. I do, however, know the religious persuasion of both Fallwell and Robertson and you slimed them I’m not going to let it pass. With regard to Makow, his criticism of “the Vagina Monologues” is valid.
WE consider Osama to be a fringe character (possibly for prudential reasons: we don’t want to fight too many enemies all at once). Based on the reaction of Muslims to Osama bin Laden, there seems to be some disagreement between your opinion and theirs. I would take the Muslim’s assessment of Osama “disgrace” over yours, despite your obvious expertise based on your in-depth immersion into the study and practice of Islam.
Nope; they slimed their own selves by attempting to exploit an act of mass murder for their own personal agendas (rather like Sarah Brady after Columbine, but even more offensively given the larger scale of the terrorist attack).
With regard to Makow, his criticism of "the Vagina Monologues" is valid.
Nice attempt at changing the subject, but it won't work. The issue is Makow's insinuation that the attack on the US is somehow justified because it has placed the Constitution above Makow's personal preferences.
Based on the reaction of Muslims to Osama bin Laden, there seems to be some disagreement between your opinion and theirs.
The fact that civilized people often find themselves in disagreement with street savages is hardly surprising.
Several Fridays ago I was in for a quickie and the street, sidewalks and shop were packed with hordes of women, young and middle aged. Eye contact was avoided, simple comments were deflected and basically, I was ignored as if I had plague or something.
I found out after leaving that the University Theatre the next building over had just let out after a performance of the V. Monolouges.
Get a grip. They expressed their opinion. You obviously disagree. I have some sympathy for their views. But they have the right to express their opinion. Even if it contradicts the yours. That old Constitution, you know.
”The issue is Makow's insinuation that the attack on the US is somehow justified because it has placed the Constitution above Makow's personal preferences.”
Your grammar and syntax are scrambled, and you obviously can’t read. He in no way justifies the attack on the US.
”The fact that civilized people often find themselves in disagreement with street savages is hardly surprising.”
Not sure I would classify you as civilized. You need a lot of work.
***BBBZZZZTTTTT!!!***
"This play partly exemplifies why radical Islam has declared war on America."It is quite evident that, in Makow's view, Osama bin Laden and his associates are simply defeding themselves against the Great Satan. He ought to emigrate to Berkeley or some other place where his anti-Americanism would be welcome."Muslim fundamentalists believe their culture is threatened. They are fighting to preserve their wives and children who are the future. If their wives are infected by our homosexuality, they will insist on becoming "independent" like men. Their birth rate will plummet like ours has, and their families and culture will disintegrate."
"In addition, we are exporting our homosexuality and depravity to the world. Muslim fundamentalists are fighting back."
Some people have no idea of decency.
We need to be able to understand other cultures in order to change them. The alternative is killing the billion followers of Islam, not a project that appeals to a civilized people.
[mental image of your explaining to Patton's ghost the importance of "understanding" the Nazi mind]
Yeah, the different consciousness that our women are filthy pig sluts.
Well, that speaks volumes of our cultural decline and moral decay.
It's a revealing article -- to say the least --, but the militant Islam of its day also took on Dante's and Shakespeare's Europe.
We may not be blowing things up, but we're certainly engaging in far more killing than any terrorist has yet to accomplish. Abortion kills tens of millions, AIDS has infected over a million, and then there's our incredibly high suicide rate caused by a rampant sexual despair that hardly existed two generations ago.
Even an anthrax letter in every mailbox couldn't equal the death rate that we've inflicted on ourselves courtesy of the Sexual Revolution.
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