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Originally posted by Kriz_4
Do any of you really believe terrorism derives from being molested as a child?
Originally posted by centurion1211
Originally posted by Kriz_4
Do any of you really believe terrorism derives from being molested as a child?
You seem to be in denial on this.
Is there anything you'd like to talk about?
[edit on 5/9/2005 by centurion1211]
Originally posted by Djarums
That's easy. Just go look at the guy's other work, the site's other writing and right-wing stuff they sell on that site.
And the Daily Mail qualifies as a balanced and unbiased legitimate News source? Come on now...
Originally posted by Kriz_4
Quite wrong, I am a very open thinker and am often told so. I think about things in a very deep way and on a very large scale.
This thread demonstrates that you are not and do not.
Me never getting it, to damn right, its an absolutley ridiculous claim.
The only thing you demonstrate is a lack of understanding about anything that isn't on your front door. Hatred and intolerance and possibly racism is all you have been demonstrating with your string of Anti-Muslim and Anti-Arab posts you have made lately.
Originally posted by skippytjc
The article is basically stating some Islamic cultural practices and social customs can breed the anger and hatred that drives terrorism
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
Originally posted by skippytjc
The article is basically stating some Islamic cultural practices and social customs can breed the anger and hatred that drives terrorism
I'll tell you what breeds terrorism..
Intense POVERTY
Political & spiritual Hopelessness
Watching your city and country blown back into the stone age by foreign nations based on fraudulent claims
The killing of friends and family by foreign occupiers
Lawlessness spawned by occupation
Being robbed of one's possessions
Seeing your women defiled by the 'infidels'
Being tortured and sexually himiliated on/off camera at ABU GHRAIB, GITMO, BAGRAM AIRBASE and wherever else..
These are but a few things that actually do fuel terrorism. If there was any basis of truth in the article you referenced, then I assure you, there would be a multitude of terrorists right here in the USA.
Originally posted by skippytjc
You very clearly DONT get it. Your prior post proves it. You mention a single criminal act that involves sexual abuse by a US soldier. That has nothing to do with the big picture this article is speaking about.
The article is basically stating some Islamic cultural practices and social customs can breed the anger and hatred that drives terrorism. I suggest you read the article again and pay attention to the words themselves, not your feelings as you read them. And you will see very clearly that the author is describing a situation that results in very angry, very vengefull young Arab men who may use terrorsim as a vent, as thier own culture and laws have no outlet for it.
The article is basically stating some Islamic cultural practices and social customs can breed the anger and hatred that drives terrorism.
Originally posted by Nygdan
And yet, terrorism is a relatively recent phenomenon, and most middle eastern terrorist groups started with help from the IRA. Do you suggest that Irish anger is solely from child abuse???
And that islamic culture has only recently started to repress women, sexuality, etc?
Also, what does this repression and taboo theory say about the potential in the US, which has a rather strict, prudish, attitude torwards sex? It would suggest that the incident with the sodomizing marine was not isolated.
Originally posted by mpeake
Any sexual oppression in the US is nothing compared to that in the middle east. Here, if you act out your sexual desires, the only consequence is shame from religious groups or perhaps parental or authorative figures in your life. There, your sexual acts result in death or torture.
The sexual freedom here, though not quite as free in Europe, is one of the main reasons we are hated so much by the middle eastern terrorists groups.