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Old 10-17-2003, 07:22 AM  
jacker
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I probably shouldn't make posts in political threads...but fuck it.


If you read the entire article, even right-wing CNN empathizes with Mahathir a little by the bottom of the page. He is not encouraging or even endorsing violence; he is condemning it. He is faced with bringing a rational message to 1.3 billion people who have been taught by irrational interpretations of a religious book. Sound familiar?

If Mahathir was to support the Western world and Israel, he would succeed in nothing but "betraying" Muslims and breeding terrorism against him in his own country. Understand, thousands of years of extreme teaching and beliefs do not end with a political leader signing his name on a fucking piece of paper. If you take a person with limited education, and try to strip and remove from them the only thing they know, they will react accordingly. Islam stands for so much more than terrorism...it is the foundation of the Muslim society...why don't we get pissed off when the G8 meets and decides which countries pose as economic obstacles?

If you listen to Mahathir in context, his comments are not extreme. He is simply saying that it is important for all Muslims to stand behind each other, not neccessarily because Islam is the way to God, but because Islam stitches together the fabrics of 50 countries and 1.3 billion people. His comments are not a condemnation of Jews (I am Jewish, BTW) for becoming world leaders...he is outraged that his own religion, his own people, are disrespected on a global scale because of extreme actions based on extreme teachings by extreme religious leaders.

Mahathir is saying something to every young Muslim person in the world:

Look, the foundation of our beliefs are sound. However, nobody is ever going to stand for terrorism so stop the fucking terrorism, educate yourself and make a difference in a manner that can be respected by all. It takes a lot of balls to say what he said, not because it pisses off Western leaders, but because it contradicts religious leaders who have manipulated minds for thousands of years.

Now, let's see Dubya stand up and tell the brainwashed epople who elected him that their Book has been misinterpreted...that gay people have the right to live their lives, that our purpose on earth isn't to colonize non-believers, that a green leaf is not the foundation of all that is wrong with the world.


what the fuck do i know...i am a 22 year old NEWFIE quarter jew half breed irishman with enough scottish in me to kill any sense of humor i might have had


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