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To: Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Helping victims of terror
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At 03:28 AM 9/13/2001, Paul Robinson wrote:

>I think his point is that perhaps America should sit down and think about her
>actions, and WHY this happened. These guys had a reason for doing what they
>did, and I'm suprised nobody, anywhere, seems to want to discuss what that
>might have been. 

They had a MOTIVATION, yes. But I don't think there was much "reason"
involved.

Before we attack Islam specificially, though, we must remember that there's
another precedent for this sort of religiously motivated attack: the Crusades. 
(As you may recall, the Catholic Church offered participants in this "holy
war" a free ticket to haven.) The "jihaad meme" is dangerous regardless of
which religion uses it -- precisely BECAUSE it motivates people to hate
others and attack them irrationally.

--Brett


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