| frankly, i'm not surprised that the writer leans right - i would be surprised if it were written by someone on the left. apart from all the militarism in the usa and uk, there's also cultural imperialism, if you know what i mean. that in itself is sinister enough, but there's something even worse with religious fanaticism, regardless of the religion - all of that "god on our side" crap.
back to looping (or in my case, learning to loop) On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:38 PM, George Ludwig wrote: Well said, Ted.
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 10:34 AM, tEd ® KiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net> wrote: Hi all,
While to be honest, the article DOES have some prominent historical omissions, (the absence of USA and UK military "sins" of colonialism, military-adventurism and covert geo-political "meddling" being only the most glaring) it's main point is absolutely and totally spot on.
That's why (after reading it here) I posted a link to the original this morning on Facebook as part of a comment there.
I say "original" because, like a lot of things on the net, this article was NOT by "Emanuel Tanay, MD" as it turns out.
A little bit of investigation does wonders.
It was written in 2006 and posted first here: <http://cjunk.blogspot.com/2006/02/why-peaceful-majority-is-irrelevant.html>
The honored Dr. Tanay is a very real and prominent person (and a holocaust survivor to boot).
He apparently read the article and shared it with others . . . and at some point in the chain of continued online sharing it eventually got attributed to him.
It was written by a Canadian gentleman and politico-blogger, Paul Marek, who (ironically) comes from the conservative side of the spectrum himself.
Funny how things happen isn't it?
However, the first thing that struck me about the article (besides the general verity of its thesis) was how much it reminded me of the way certain parties have so recently been behaving at those health-care reform "town-hall" meetings being held around the US.
We've got shouting angry mobs showing up, carrying sticks, waving signs (with some even wearing side-arms) calling Obama a grandma-killing Nazi while themselves behaving like Brownshirts.
Go figure, but it's true.
The world keeps turning and history keeps repeating itself.
Where are the rational voices (assuming there sill are some) on the conservative thinking side of things who will stand up and call these people what they are?
I am not a raving liberal myself.
I am smack dab in the middle, personally, aiming to think clearly and do what's right, and only leaning somewhat to the left.
When it comes to politicians, I am nobody's "true believer."
But before we tear apart the article for what it leaves out (and it's glaring OFF-TOPIC-NESS) let us all consider what it **SAYS**.
That's the point.
Isn't it?
Best,
Ted Killian
On Sep 7, 2009, at 4:39 AM, Tim Watson wrote:
Subject: Fwd: NOT A JOKE History of : Fanatics
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