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Date: November 01, 2005 at 10:07:36
From: Anami Neelam, [69-171-215-199.sbtnvt.adelphia.net]
Subject: Re: Evil Islam


I see that you are going far out on a limb in your frustration about
world events. Are you aware that our very own supposedly Christian
nation has taken more lives in it's relatively young 200 and some odd#
of years in countless global squirmishes, than any known official or
unofficial Muslim country or 'force? Also the bloody history of the
Roman Catholic Crusades, Inquisitions, and the imperialist global
expansion of European 'Christian' nations over several centuries
involved tremendous genocide.
I am identified as a Christian myself, and I also consider myself a
global citizen. I believe that ALL people need and deserve a Voice for
Peace. How can we as a people come together here to create peace on
this planet? How come no one mentions the ongoing since 1949-59
Chinese occupation, cultural decimation and genocide of the previously
Sovereign Tibetan Nation? Or continual political wars and violence that
is part and parcel of the web (oftentimes supported by our own
corrupted government) of corruption that pervades much of Latin
America?
These are not simple issues, but complex and largely economic
questions of propping up shaking structures of exploitation that go
back to systems of colonial dominance and control, including the
extraction of native labor, resources and other wealth for the benefit of
a few. We are, in major respects the few who have reaped the bounty of
much of the suffering of the so-called 'Third World'. They are third in
order for us to be first, in other words, at their expense, literally!
But as collaborators with our own system of un-sustainable practices
worldwide, we will end up paying and our childrens' children will pay
for the current expense of an unsustainable mindset that governs our
actions. As these third world nations seek more just footing in the
global community, there will be growing pains in the world. We will
need to learn to respect the others with whom we hope to
harmoniously coexist on this planet, not just taking their things
because we can, and justifying it with some crazy logic that allows us
to feel like heroes in the process. We must stop and learn how we can
create a just and sustainable system of fair economic practices and
otherwise support a healthy planet.
Manufactured consent has produced these economically motivated
conflicts. It's always been this way, power hungry folks grabbing for
the biggest piece of the pie. Do you think that anyone is unclear that
this war of ours in Iraq is about anything but the desire to control a
huge resource of power, namely oil? Even though originally, those
regions seemed unappealing deserts, they have turned out to be richly
loaded with treasures which we now seek. Are we still on the global
imperialist rampage to take whatever we want from native peoples who
have lived for countless centuries in relative peace and tranquility, (not
expanding in every direction and greedily swallowing up other territory
and resources)? Check out your real history.
The irony of your assertion is that this simple projection is a sad, yet
common justification for all sorts of atrocities committed in our name
abroad! Yikes! How to find peace in this swirl of hostilities?Do you
honestly want peace or not? Rethinking the entire source of motivation
for the seeming out of balance choices we are making, we need a
model of unselfish cooperation, compassion, equality, and wholeness,
not one based on division.
I hope as a young person, college student, or whatever your place in
this world, that you will avail yourself of the most objective and
unbiased (I recognize the difficulty of this aim!), sources of historical
and current truth that is available, so that you can make informed
declarations that will be truly joining in as a Voice for Peace and not
just another complaint, or expression of confused understanding and
pain. Those voices might be valid, but do they help to promote peace?
And are you an advocate of peace on this forum?

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