On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 03:57:06PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > So, a non-devout person growing up in a culture that is heavily > influenced by Islam would think of desecrating bodies as an extreme > action. Even if they hadn't read the Koran, and didn't even pray once > a day, and just slept in on Fridays, they could very well have this > attitude. So, when they are very angry and cannot kill an American > because they are already dead, they can still drag the body and > desecrate it to express that anger. Everyone knows that's an extreme > action, so doing so will be a valid way of expressing their extreme > anger.
I think you mean about the same thing by "non-devout" as I do by "not very religious". So you seem to be saying that the desecrators were not motivated by religion but were rather USING religious knowledge in their actions to convey their anger. In other words, the desecrators may have been almost completely unreligious, or at least, their religion was mostly unrelated to their actions. Their actions were motivated by hate, and the hate was mostly cultural, not religious. Is that a fair statement of your meaning? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
