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To: MadameAxe
But Islamic leaders could do a great deal to strengthen this distinction by now coming forward to condemn bin Laden and his ilk as hell-bound murderers totally beyond the margins of acceptable Islamic faith

They could. But it seems that they won't.
This is something 'nuanced' Westerners are going to have to come to grips with...
If we can't make this distinction real, we will be in for a religious war with Islam (ALL of it), will we or nill we.

14 posted on 10/13/2001 6:02:28 PM PDT by Dan De Quille
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To: Dan De Quille

This is something 'nuanced' Westerners are going to have to come to grips with...

OBL is nothing more than what true conservatives have come to expect from those who hate America. He uses America to justify his love of murder and mayhem. The American leftists (like, the NY Times, etc) who are forced to confront the morality of killing innocent people, nonetheless need to point out what they percieve to be the faults of America as part of their evaluation of what is happening. Liberals and socialists cannot support themselves, intellectually, and so they need to call names.

Unbridled emotion and narcissism are what generates OBL and liberalism. They have both proven to be dangerous in their own way. And it all comes down to a simple idea -- either you can put yourself in the shoes of another person, or you want the power of life and death over them.

21 posted on 10/13/2001 6:34:23 PM PDT by Urbane_Guerilla
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