[LINK] atheism

Alan L Tyree alan at austlii.edu.au
Fri Mar 2 08:33:00 AEDT 2007


On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 08:12:27 +1100
Craig Sanders <cas at taz.net.au> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 01:45:50AM +1100, Antony Barry wrote:
> > 
> > On 28/02/2007, at 7:30 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:
> > 
> > >I particularly liked:
> > >"Gods don't kill people, people with gods kill people"
> > >and
> > >"Atheists for Jesus"
> > 
> > "Atheists Never Car-Bomb"
> > 
> > 
> > Most of the suicide bombings have been done in Sri Lanka by Tamil  
> > Tiger atheists or so I have seen asserted,
> 
> that's because, contrary to what Bush & Howard & Co would have us
> believe, terrorism is not about religion or about "hating the west",
> it's *always* about occupation of land.
> 
> every single terrorist incident since at least the 1970s has been
> directly a protest of or revenge for occupation of land.

Like those guys bombing the hell out of those rotten Aussies occupying
Bali.

> 
> even the inventors of modern terrorism (the zionists prior to 1948 -
> who used terrorist bombings to agitate for the creation of the state
> of israel) did what they did because they believed that the so-called
> "Holy Land" belonged to them and they wanted the arabs, who had been
> living there for as long as them, out.
> 
> 
> religion may be used to encourage stupid young people to kill
> themselves for the cause, but it's not an essential ingredient.
> patriotism or just sheer desperation and hopelessness can be just as
> effective.
> 
> 
> so, given that middle-eastern terrorism in particular is about the
> occupation of palestine by israel (and support of same by the US and
> allies), does it make any sense whatsoever to occupy another country
> in the middle east?
> 
> 
> craig
> 
> -- 
> craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>
> 
> Currently listening to: Shpongle - ...and the Day turned to Night
> 
> "Science has never sought to ally herself with civil power.
>  She has never subjected anyone to mental torment, physical torment,
>  least of all death, for the purpose of promoting her ideas."
>          [John W. Draper (1811-1882) U.S. chemist]
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