[thechat] Why?
Erika Meyer
emeyer at lclark.edu
Tue Jun 3 13:29:17 CDT 2003
Tony C wrote (in response to Syed):
>Seems to me, your point is this:
>
>USA is Evil, Islam is Good.
I admit I was skimming most of this but my impression is that Syed is
simply terribly bothered by hypocrisy, which IMHO is not such a
terrible thing.
I've never been a big fan of St. Paul, but he had a few gems.
"You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? -Romans 2:21 "
I'm not sure why Islam got dragged into the discussion. Almost seems
like since Syed holds it up so visually as his religion, someone
chose to grab it and beat him with it, as if it were a bludgeon.
>If you're going to continue with such black and white thinking, you will
>find yourself ignored by everyone on this list.
except me.
I think there were some accusations of "immature" flying about. Hey,
since we've brought religion in, remember how Jesus said "let the
children come to me"?
Children (who are by nature immature) often have a purer view on
things than adults jaded by rationalizations and other complexities.
Children often recognize and question hypocrisy while adults grow so
accustomed to it, they forget how offensive it can be.
>Can you see that some followers of Islam can be evil and some Americans
>can be good?
Syed has said many nice things about me, and I think he's well aware
I'm an American with a lot of views that differ from his.
Hypocrisy offends me too. Calling attention to hypocrisy... not so
much. And sometimes some of us just need to vent... personally I
think the question asked (why don't the USA practice what it
preaches) is completely valid, and should be asked, and asked, and
asked again.
Erika
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