Theos-Talk Archives (October 2002 Message tt00151)

--- In theos-talk@y..., Bart Lidofsky <bartl@s...> wrote:
> And indulge in Muslim encouraged behaviors, like seizing and 
enslaving
> non-believers, denial of basic human rights, beating women, etc.

Outside Chad and Sudan I believe they enslave their co-religionists. 
In Africa they seek to enslave Christians but that has nothing to do 
with someone protesting offensive behavior in Indonesia. Australian 
tourists are not reformers trying to bring Christian values to the 
Islamic world. They are just there to have a good time. My point is 
that since people in some parts of the world find it offensive for 
others to have a good time, especially if that includes dancing, 
consorting with women, drinking alcohol, and eating pig, someone who 
is not a missionary might want to avoid tourist destinations where 
his behaviors are likely to cause offense with disastrous results. 
The other point was that since they attacked specifically a site 
where behaviors are exhibited which are forbidden by their religion, 
it is reasonable to assume that they were not seeking out 
specifically Australians but that the persons present at the time of 
the attack just happened to be Australians. If I were an Australian 
tourist trying to find some way to get the hell our of Australia I 
would just go to Tahiti. The French rule that place and they don't 
give a damn what you do, so long as you don't kill anyone, or as long 
as the victim is not French.

If you want to go to Indonesia and be a missionary, be sure to check 
with customs to see if you can import body armor. And let me know 
how it went if you get back. Me, I'm staying right here where it's 
safe.