From: Bruce Howlett (brucehowlett@northnet.com.au)
Date: Wed 13 Nov 2002 - 11:01:53 GMT
Just a word before Mr Edmonds kills off this thread. I recently had the great pleasure of having a 30 minute conversation with a cab driver who is from Iraq. He assured me that life in Iraq is very very difficult under the current dictatorship, and that 100% of the population would welcome external intervention in establishing a new political system in their country. I was shocked as I had started to lean towards the non-interventionist camp. It is a bit different when you get this sort of information first hand.
Regards,
Bruce Howlett
PO Box 1103
Armidale NSW 2350
email: brucehowlett@northnet.com.au
phone: 61 2 6775 5542
mobile: 0409 711 303
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Chase
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: RE: Post-Saddam Iraq?
>From: "Richard Brodie" <richard@brodietech.com>
>Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
>Subject: RE: Post-Saddam Iraq?
>Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 14:01:20 -0800
>
><<"You have to understand how the Iraqis feel," Kathy
>says. "They're at war and we're from the aggressor country.>>
>
>As I recall, Iraq started this war by invading Kuwait.
>
><< What if people
>from Osama Bin Laden's home town wanted to wander freely around the
>U.S.?">>
>
>Uh... they do, all the time.
>
>
Which of the following is more likely:
a. a Muslim born in the the region of Mecca being able to walk freely around
Ireland and to kiss the Blarney stone
b. a Christian born in Ireland being able to walk freely around Mecca and to
kiss the Kaaba stone
As non-Muslim Westerners we would probably encounter great difficulty in
trying to enter the sacred areas of Mecca. How many non-Muslims have been
successful attempting this? Sir Richard Burton comes to mind.
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