Theos-Talk Archives (October 2002 Message tt00154)

--- In theos-talk@y..., Bart Lidofsky <bartl@s...> wrote:
> My point was that the entire thread started off from the wrong 
place.
> The major philosophy of the Far Left has been that, in order for a
> Communist Paradise to be created, Western Civilization, and 
American in
> particular, must be destroyed. According the philosophy, the anarchy
> that will appear in its wake will naturally turn into a Communist
> paradise, where greed and evil (which are creations of Western
> Civilization) will disappear.

I do not disagree with you about communism but someone is very 
confused here. The thread started out, not with communism, but with 
Mic's insistence that Americans are responsible for Indonesians 
seeking out and targeting Australians because of Afghanistan being 
invaded in response to the WTC bombing which was in turn a response 
to Zionist activity against the innocent and hapless Palestinians. 
He may be right, but his hypothesis is intrinsically less plausible 
than others I can think of, and we will only know for sure when there 
is further investigation. If I were an Australian I would prefer to 
tentatively accept the more plausible theory that it was an attack on 
tourists and not an attack on their specific nationality. If further 
investigation proved that hypothesis to be incorrect, I would then 
change my view of the thing.

As for communists, my understanding is that the Muslims have a 
prioritized hate list in which communists are in the most hated 
slot. Hindus rank just below comunists on the list, being the second 
most vigorously hated people, followed in turn by Jews, then 
Christians, then converts to Islam who were born infidels, and lastly 
other Muslims. That the Islamists would be in cahoots with 
communists is about as plausible in my mind as the Bali bombing being 
carried out by space aliens. It is not impossible, but one would 
need some solid evidnence to make the theory acceptable.

> Unfortunately for them, the holes in their theory are showing, 
because
> in order for them to be against the West, they are now supporting an
> entity which is a far greater oppressor than the West has ever 
been, and
> even has a central philosophy of oppression against all who are not 
like
> them, and many who are (this refers to so-called "radical" Islam,
> although I have noticed that very few normal Islamic people have 
been
> denouncing these groups). 

There is an article in PLAYBOY by the fellow who wrote INSIDE AL 
QAEDA. I have no idea whether or not he is right, and am simply 
referring to his opinion. He seems to think that although normal 
Muslims are peaceful and law abiding people, nonetheless, radical 
Islam is to them what Zionism is to Jews, namely, something which 
they feel they must support no matter how despicable it is. Anyway, 
you can read his writings and see if you find his observations 
plausible.