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Re: blogger

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Alfred B Johnson wrote:

> Rhys and others said things like, "what! oprah endorsed this book? but
> but it's so *good*."

hello, fred. nice as it is to be quoted by you (:

i really said i had read it before she recommended it.

> The lit nerds (inc. me) all sort of sigh about Oprah, at least a few
> times; then we realize that there are a bunch of good books that she's
> giving big time exposure.  You *can* overdo the Alice Walker/Toni

exactly.


> >>>"M@ Mesina" wrote: One quick thought- if Bin Laden is so opposed to us
> for moral/spiritual
> reasons, why didn't he target and bomb Hollywood?  Ask that to anyone who
> tries to tell you the love of religion is the root of all war.<<<
>
> Actually, I'd reverse this question.  Whatever else bL thinks, he sure
> thinks our culture is decadent and threatening to him and "his"
> people.

this is a classic fundamentalist viewpoint. the thing about islam
it'strying to do in 50 years what it took the christian religion/faith 300
years to move frmo burning people at the stake to this current idiom.

islam has never been forced to modernize, it's been in aplce where history
and tradition are valued. and now they are trying to catch up to the
modern world.

fundmanetalist groups are present in all three of the most common faiths
(judaism, christianity(including catholic), and islam.  characterised by a
fear of losing the real truth, that the modern world is a threat. and so,
fundamentalists (all of them) react to this with fear. their fear and
insecurity cause them to lean harder on the harsh elements of their faith
in order to protect the weaker (ie the ones about love and kindness and
peace towards people). this justifies in their mind the use of force (be
it physical or verbal or whatever) to protect themselves.

attacking money instead of film? highly useful.


sides - maybe tom clancy's nbook and reviews of certain potential effects
gave them ideas.


attack the economy. economy slides.
attack the white house/pentagon - weaken the country

etc. dunno.

just my rambling ideas.

> And he doesn't see the root of the threat in our entertainment
> industry: he sees it in our economic and political culture.  I
> would've been

exactly (:

> Different rules for leaders: part of his sacrifice is that he isn't
> allowed to kill himself yet.  That's one more reason why he's great in
> his followers' eyes.  (Just speculating.)

something like that. or that he's been chosen by allah to lead them
towards a safer and better world for islam.

he upholds the ancient faith to a people who are disillusioned by the
West. and afraid.


i think.

rhys

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