RE: Examples of the Radical Islamicist Memeplex

From: Scott Chase (ecphoric@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun 15 Dec 2002 - 07:07:25 GMT

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    >From: "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu>
    >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    >Subject: RE: Examples of the Radical Islamicist Memeplex
    >Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:10:53 -0500
    >
    >Greetings, Steve,
    >
    >I think the answer is fairly simple: what happened was Israel.
    >
    Israel happened. Get over it.

    I'm not saying this as cheerleader, because there were bad things that happened to resident Arabs during Israel's emergence, such as forcible displacements and the like and there's a bit of Zionist arrogance towards resident Arabs that's retrospectively upsetting, but Israel's a fact of life and the sooner the Arab rejectionists get over it the better.

    Turkey got over it didn't they? Sadat and King Husayn got over it didn't they? Why can't the rest follow suit?
    >
    > > When did the Muslim world change from one which sheltered the Jews in
    >the
    > > Middle East, in North Africa and in Spain till the late middle
    > > ages from the
    > > christians, to one where they are the personification of anti Muslim and
    > > evil? Assuming the Qu'ran has not changed too much why are jews
    >acceptable
    > > 400 years ago and not now? These are questions that need looking at.
    > >
    > > Why did an advanced tolerant society skilled in science, medicine etc
    > > whilst we in the west struggled under the yoke of an ignorant church,
    >lose
    > > such an advantage?
    > >
    > > Regards
    > >
    > > Steve
    >
    >
    >
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