From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Fri Sep 21 2001 - 20:23:35 MDT
From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey@datamann.com>
> Debatable, JR. Many of the bin Laden types are Saudi citizens or
> ex-citizens. Them being pissed at our support of the Saud family could
> rationally be looked at in the same light as the degree to which many of
> us looked at the Communist Chinese government support of the Clinton
> Administration.
Well, I guress there's quite a difference in the degree of extremism involved.
Didn't hear about any Americans going ape and committing atrocities in
Beijing.
> I'm sure that there are many Saudi citizens that wish
> they had a process like impeachment. Only a few are evidently willing to
> resort to violence instead. What bothers me is that they attack us
> rather than the Saudi family itself. Why do we not see more anti-Saud
> terrorism in Arabia itself? Perhaps it is because violence against
> infidels is far more acceptable than against other believers.
It doesn't seem likely to me that Saudi citizens were involved in the
religious fanatic terrorism of September 11, 2001. Do you think British eyes
see it like that?
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Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego, human values, scientific relinquishment
We won't move into a better future until we debunk religiosity, the most
regressive force now operating in society.
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