[lit-ideas] Re: Text of bin Laden Tape
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:34:31 -0500
Mike: I am not opposed to Islamism. And I won't
be until I perceive them as trying to make me
follow their dictates. So far none have.
Eric: That's a perfect illustration of suburban
nihilism. Or maybe it's just isolationism. Or
maybe it's Mint Juleps with too little Triple Sec.
Mike: Christian fundamentalists are much more my
enemy because they are trying to force their
strictures on me.
Eric: How are they doing that, Mike? You have a
rogue prayer fellowship following you around? Peer
pressure? Strictures..ouch! Sounds painful and
possibly Roman Catholic.
Mike: The Christians are in my back yard.
Eric: I wish I had a back yard sometimes, then I
read about the Christians in your back yard, and
think having a back yard is not worth the trouble.
Mike: The Islamists are 9000 miles away.
Eric: So that's where they are. Bet they're in
somebody else's yard...and with strictures.
Mike: I understand why the Islamists are
anti-Western -- they see us as threatening their
whole way of life.
Eric: Yeah, secular humanism is a real bummer for
theocrats.
Mike: There is no way we can go to war against the
"Islamists" because they're not an entity such as
a nation.
Eric: Oh don't be so negative, Mike. Catch any
"this is a new kind of war" talk about four years
ago?
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