You know, it is possible to hold two seemingly contradictory thoughts in your head.
Like "9/11 was caused by batshit fundamentalists funded in part by American aid and Wahabi batshit beliefs."
Much hash has been made over Islamic fundamentalism, but not much about how Christian fundamentalists, either being foot soliders in politics or the Attorney General, are paying more attention to arresting porn directors and triming nasty, nasty Fourth Amendment rights than, uh, you know, not having this happen again.
It's not anything special or different in American Christianity that makes it less violent than Islam. It's stricter boundaries and different tools. I'm hopeful that sooner or later, there will be a Renaissance within Arab Muslim countries (it doesn't help that the country so vocal about rights and freedom is so damn hypocritical about it at times), but I am still worried about the Inquisition close to home.
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Yeah, I really wanted to avoid the topic
Date: 2003-09-11 02:00 pm (UTC)Like "9/11 was caused by batshit fundamentalists funded in part by American aid and Wahabi batshit beliefs."
Much hash has been made over Islamic fundamentalism, but not much about how Christian fundamentalists, either being foot soliders in politics or the Attorney General, are paying more attention to arresting porn directors and triming nasty, nasty Fourth Amendment rights than, uh, you know, not having this happen again.
It's not anything special or different in American Christianity that makes it less violent than Islam. It's stricter boundaries and different tools. I'm hopeful that sooner or later, there will be a Renaissance within Arab Muslim countries (it doesn't help that the country so vocal about rights and freedom is so damn hypocritical about it at times), but I am still worried about the Inquisition close to home.