From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Sun 17 Nov 2002 - 02:53:52 GMT
The latest threat is one of massive attacks upon both
Washington and New York, unless the US both ends its support of
Israel and converts to Islam. A show of hands to demonstrate how
many people here think that such an ass-kiss kowtow bowing is likely?
Hmmm? I didn't think so. Nor do I think that Al Quaeda considers it
likely. What that message means to me is that some massive attack or
other (although not necessarily in those particular US locales) is
already working its way through the pipeline. In which case the US
retaliation for such a "spectacular" terrorist action would be a
devastating whirlwind which they, and the people among whom they,
with consent, hide, would catastrophically reap.
>
> Lawry,
>
> No matter how much it costs us, I just can't see us giving up our
> culture and accepting theirs instead. That's what they are asking of
> us, and they're not asking politely. I suspect we will be more likely
> to wipe them off the face of the earth before we give in to that kind
> of blackmail. We, as a society, don't accept offers we can't refuse.
> What they see as superiority based on the fact that they made the
> Russians back down is an illusion based on the fact that the Soviet
> Union was in the process of disintigrating at the time they were
> driven out of Afghanistan. The West in the form of North America,
> Europe and the Far East are not in that condition. If we get together
> and take on all of Islam, the Muslims don't stand a chance.
>
> I hope it doesn't come to that, but it looks more like that is where
> we're headed every day. The Muslim countries are becoming more
> religious every day rather than more secular. If that trend
> continues, Israel may repeat itself on a worldwide basis. All Muslims
> will suffer for the actions of a few. And many Europeans and
> Americans will suffer along with them. You can see the governments of
> Western countries getting antsy already.
>
> Every Muslim now gets a second look and they have become the focus of
> all the forces of the government, such as the CIA, FBI, INS, local
> police forces, etc., etc. People will no longer want to rent or sell
> to Muslims because they will be afraid of what it will do to property
> values. All banks accounts with Muslim names will be scrutinized more
> closely and seized if there is any doubt about where the money came
> from or where it might be going.
>
> It's unAmerican, but so is Islam. We can't tell who in that group are
> our friends and who are our enemies. It will be like WWII when the
> Japanese who joined the military were sent to war in Europe and had to
> fight twice as hard as other Americans just to prove their loyalty.
> Nobody trusted them to fight in the Pacific. Only after the defeat of
> Japan were they grudgingly accepted back into our society.
>
> Even that sniper who turned Wash. D.C. on it's head had a Muslim name.
> I guess he was a convert. But that will now be a danger sign that
> brings greater scrutiny. Blacks who have adopted Muslim names will be
> treated with even greater prejudice. Society is reactionary in
> nature. The headlines tell us what to fear and fear causes us to
> react irrationally. The more terror we see directed at us the less
> rational we will react toward people who have Muslim names or a Muslim
> appearance.
>
> Anyway, that's the way I see things going. What I don't see us doing
> is changing our way of life to fit into the way of the Muslims.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Grant
>
>
> >
> >Grant, I would generally agree with the point you make, with one
> >distinction: 'terror' has a profound psychological effect, whereas
> >'normal' death tolls on the road (or from smoking, with even bigger
> >numbers that the ones you cite), don't.
> >
> >Israel and Palestine are instructive. Roughly, the Israelis as a
> >percentage of their population are suffering one WTC-sized event per
> >week. They are inflicting a WTC-sized event of the Palestinians at
> >the rate of 3 per week. Neither is giving in to the terror. Have
> >they got used to it? Have their societies, generally, made the
> >psychological adjustments needed so that this becomes 'normal.' As
> >long as terror does not seem normal, a society may go to
> >extraordinary lengths to 'protect' itself, such as the US has done,
> >with huge financial outlays, a compromise of civil liberties (being
> >radically compounded by the Homeland Security bill, extraordinary
> >daily disruption (especially for travelers and visitors and employees
> >of federal facilities), and the creation of an increasingly Orwellian
> >domestic atmosphere. And that was a single event. We could count
> >Oklahoma City as a second, Kasi, and the first WTC attack as other
> >events, but the point holds, I think. Our reaction has been huge; in
> >Palestine and Israel the reaction per event may be more modest. Your
> >thoughts?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Lawry
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On
> >Behalf Of Grant Callaghan Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 10:38 AM
> >To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: The terrorism meme
> >
> > >The fact is that the real blame for the deaths is not the terrorist
> > >his fault, the blame lies by the US government consequently staying
> > >in areas where they don 't belong. Terrorism is equal placing bombs
> > >and setting up psychological pressure.
> >
> >My philosophy is that people are responsible for their own actions.
> >Therefore, they, themselves, are to blame for the damage they do to
> >others. If I kill someone it's not G. W. Bush's fault unless he sent
> >me out there to do it.
> >
> >The Muslim terrorists just don't understand the magnitude of the
> >problem. They don't realize that we're willing to sacrifice over
> >40,000 Americans a year to keep our cars and the way of life they
> >represent. If you count the injured, it's over 100,000. The losses
> >at the WTC were a drop in the bucket by comparison. If 40 thousand
> >deaths a year won't make us change our ways, the puny efforts of a
> >few bombings aren't going to do it. They are just a small increase
> >in the number of accidents we are willing to put up with.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Grant
> >
> >_________________________________________________________________
> >Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8.
> >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
> >
> >
> >===============================================================
> >This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the
> >Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission
> >For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing)
> >see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
> >
> >
> >
> >===============================================================
> >This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the
> >Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission
> >For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing)
> >see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________ The
> new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*
> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
>
>
> ===============================================================
> This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the
> Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission
> For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing)
> see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
>
===============================================================
This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the
Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission
For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing)
see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sun 17 Nov 2002 - 02:56:53 GMT