Bob, What you write is reasonable and agreeable, but the reasoning can lead to three types of action.
Yes, three. I too am weary of Chamberlainian naivité. It leads to a type of (in)action which should be sufficiently disproved, by history, to be efficient. The other two implies some action to be taken to protect ourselves. I'm not going to outline the two, but suffice it to say that they differ in the emotions put behind the actions. If we let hatred govern our reasoning, then we actually sink to a level only marginally different from the terrorists themselves. All the Londoners I spoke to yesterday, bar one, voiced an attitude that I really liked. One of them said: "I hope the police find the bastards who did this, or what's left of them. It's no good if people of differnt faiths begin suspecting each other here in Britain". What the deviating opinion was, I shall not bring on to a "family" list. :-) Jostein Quoting Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No one really knows for sure, but current thought is that sociopaths are > born that way. Fanatics don't bother me. We're a list of fanatics after all. > > Sociopaths with an innate lust for power, brilliant and charismatic do. This > > very type of fanatics has been going on for centuries. Spain has it's > history with it as do the Slavs and much of Africa. Further, it's irrelevant > > how a person, group or society becomes the way they are. Even if caused by > some event or action, the idea that taking away the event or action will > solve the problem is naive. It's like a child who, when he learns he has > cavities and must get fillings because he didn't brush his teeth, thinks he > can avoid the dentist by brushing twice as hard, long and often to make the > cavity go away. > > Some people are simply bent on conquering, codify it and teach it to others > teach it to their children. They do what they do because they want to. > Everything else is an excuse. To say it is not so is to deny a major part of > > human history Kahn, Attila, the Roman expansion, Nebekenezzer, Meads & > Persians, British colonialism, French Colonialism, Spanish colonialism, > Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, etc., etc. > > I'm so tired of the Snivel Chamberlains of this world. > > Regards, > Bob... > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose > as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers > with the smallest possible amount of hissing." > - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, > minister of finance to French King Louis XIV > > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > From: "Tom Reese" > > > >> I don't think that's true. Fanatics of any persuasion do not believe in > >> minding their own business or respecting the beliefs of others. > > > > Do you believe a fanatic is born that way or do you believe that outside > > forces make him that way? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
