Dangerous idea?

[Funda Oral]

I agree and want to add that even not the money only some
interest and respect in other cultures would change a lot of things.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Culhane" <pculhane at magma.ca>
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Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 4:42 AM
Subject: Re: Dangerous idea?


> Amen to that.
>
> I wish more Americans would stop to ask why some Saudi Moslems decided to
> ram some planes into some buildings...and why other Moslems around the
world
> cheered - rather than sending more troops, more bombs.
>
> From the point of view of much of the rest of the world, we (speaking for
> first world North Americans as a stereotypical group now, forgive me), are
> more than incredibly lucky...we're incredibly greedy! So much wealth, and
> all we can focus on doing is expropriating most of what's left for
> ourselves.
>
> I often wonder how much "terrorism" would remain if all that money being
> poured into the U.S. War Machine were poured into clean water, health and
> education around the world - not trying to Americanize everyone, but just
> using our position of incredible good fortune to help the rest of humanity
> enjoy their lives, their ways.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Harrison
> Owen
> Sent: November 20, 2004 9:26 PM
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> Subject: Re: Dangerous idea?
>
>
> Doug -- I guess I have to say that if we were to resort to viruses, the
> other guys would have won. I think we might spend our time better
attempting
> to create conditions under which the terrorist behavior is no longer
> supported by those they (the terrorists) purport to champion. On the face
of
> it I see little difference between a beheading of some poor soul and a US
> Marine blowing away a wounded Iraqi prisoner. Barbaric symptoms all.
>
> Harrison
>
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