[lit-ideas] Re: Radical Islam: The Primer
- From: Brian <cabrian@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:38:47 -0600
Think of it as an internal consistency check-up.
You have stated that people who believe in this war but do not serve
in the military are hypocrites and cowards. But you say you believe
in the troops in Afghanistan and also believe there is a genocide
going on with civilians yet you won't sign up to protect them. So
that makes you a hypocrite and a coward for not preventing the carnage.
You've also written that people who support the war are racists
because of the skin color of the Jihadis. Yet those same Jihadis
have declared war on Israel and America, who are different skin color
than they are, but they are exempted from the charge of racism. So
for all your talk about the brown people and the darkies your death
in their defense would be useless. You don't care about them except
as fodder for your rants and your attempts to marginalize people who
you disagree with.
If the Jihadis were all white would it change my argument? Not a
bit. What it would undermine is your straw man.
Brian
On Jan 17, 2007, at 12:11 AM, Andreas Ramos wrote:
1. Do you believe the Jihadis are racists?
No. They see this in terms of religion. You obviously know that.
Why do ask me such obvious questions?
2. Why haven't you signed up to fight in Afghanistan? Or to be a
human shield?
What a silly question. I don't think war is the solution, so why
should I join the military and go to Afghanistan? Should I be a
human shield? Is that your set of choices? Be a soldier or block
the soldiers? The neocons were determined to kill everything that
got in their way in Afghanistan. Why die uselessly?
So what did I do? I joined in the protests, I wrote letters, I
learned the issues, and I speak out on them.
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