[CIBGUY]

The culture of Islam is the culture on intolerance, violence, murder and assassination. That's what's already on the record. Can we anticipate a change? Not hardly. This issue in the mid east is the start of a religious war long planned for by the Islamists and ignored by western leaders. The true "holy war" is just beginning, and unfortunately we will see millions of lives lost as a result. The American politician tends to think that all countries are basically secular, when in fact that's simply not true. Islamists tend to believe that they can exploit their own people using God as their instrument. They are successful because of the ignorance of their clientele and the poverty that surrounds them.

[TigersEye]

Most societies can benefit from a good stirring of genes, but most cultures are tolerant of each other. I do not see Buddhists throwing bombs into Christian churches, I do not see Christians blowing up Hindu temples, I do not see those sorts of challenges.

I can't think of any religion other than Islam that does make a practice of throwing bombs at others. Most religions can be seen as taking a sort of pride in being founded upon principles that condemn that sort of barbaristic behavior. The root of Islam seems to have sprung from the idea that it couldn't exist without forcing itself on others by pain of death.

JRD-Gimli bump!