--- Sonja wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > --- The Fool wrote: > > http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2002102203771500.htm > > > > "Mr. Amis was dubbed as the latest recruit to the > > "Islam-bashing'' circle of western writers for > telling > > The Times in an interview that "the key to radical > > Islam is that it is quivering with male > insecurity'' > > and that it lacked a sense of humour or irony. > > > > > Umm, yes, I think the same _could_ be said of any > > extreme fundamentalist religions (and some > non-deist ideologies too!). Deliberate ignorance and > insecurity > > are not the purview of one particular group; they > have been distributed with a liberal hand to all who > want such 'blessings.' :P > > So now for the new 'religion'. Science. It would be > interesting although > probably rather gruesome to see what that 'religion' > can do when pushed > into the extreme. We already can surmise the > consequenses but until now > it's been rather a regulated field of 'beliefs'. :o)
Hmm, would Social Darwinism qualify as a 'radical branch' off the evolution theory tree? It still sends up tendrils now and again; I suppose Aryanism might be such an offshoot. The movie 'GATTACGA,' which has been discussed previously, certainly paints a dreadful picture of genetics (and the belief in its infallibility) run amok. Someone recently posted an article about the discovery of a gene (or perhaps several) that correlates with violent or antisocial behavior in young men, but _only_ if they also had an unstable family life/upbringing. (Unless that was an article I read elsewhere, which is possible.) Frenahlogy 'R' Us Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
