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Sep 26, 2006 15:48

Two great entries from HarrangeMan:

Firstly, he went to a lecture by an expert on suicide bombings. The take-home message: suicide bombers are motivated by politics, not religion.

Secondly, he offers an amusing solution for Muslims living in the West who are constantly called on to denounce terrorism.

A SMH opinion piece questions the PM's faux Read more... )

killing, religion: ave pomona

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_bigjobbies_ September 26 2006, 06:49:09 UTC
Another 'Inconvenient Truth' ! I heard Pape on RN a few weeks ago and was quite impressed - and I would guess that a conservative voice has a better chance of getting through to our beloved leaders...

It does remind me somewhat of what the scoundrel Chomsky was saying in 2001 however - which was essentially 'if you want to know why AQ acts this way, listen to what their demands are - ie get the US out of Saudi Arabia & muslim holy sites, resolve the Israel-Palestine issues etc etc.

The idea that well educated men like Atta were killing themselves for hot sex in the afterlife always seemed a little silly...

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