[lit-ideas] Re: 21. century European anti-Semitism
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 20:04:21 +0100
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I wonder though if you could elaborate on the idea of
'violent communities.' Are the actions of terrorists
necessarily representative of the character of the
communities they come from ? Are they more so than the
actions of governments in presumably or actually
democratic societies ?
>>>
These are interesting points that merit scrutiny. -- You may think your
questions mainly rhetorical, Omar, I do not. Political cultures differ
markedly. It is wrong to stereotype individuals to their detriment
therefore, but, foolish to disregard (for example) differing cultural
notions of honour.
Judy Evans
jaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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--- JulieReneB@xxxxxxx wrote:
> But isn't there a difference between individual
> violence and collective
> violence? I mean, individuals who behave violently
> on behalf of a violent
> community are not acting out of the subsuming rush
> you describe. Crusaders killing
> those who would not convert, Al Qaeda members flying
> planes into towers,
> Palestinians blowing themselves up on buses -- they
> are not acting out of a momentary
> rage or an immediacy -- fight or flight.
I wonder though if you could elaborate on the idea of
'violent communities.' Are the actions of terrorists
necessarily representative of the character of the
communities they come from ? Are they more so than the
actions of governments in presumably or actually
democratic societies ?
O.K.
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