Lets Get Our Heads Straight
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Globalization
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"...Religious fundamentalism is something we should not worry about, hell, maybe they're right...."
Congratulations you just iterated the problem. Hell! Maybe they're right. Maybe maybe maybe. Guess what? Globalization, terrorism, radicalism, right & left wing-ism (yeah I know its not a word, dont jump on it) are all surface issues. What needs to be addressed is the ideology in which Fundamentalism takes root.
Yes, I advocate freedom of speech, freedom of religion (in particular!) and every other human right detailed or otherwise in the Constitution. But tell me this: if a group of people from a small New Hampshire town firmly believed that there were Green Aliens playing jazz on the dark side of the moon, and they were marching on Seabrook to take control of the power plant because they believed a core meltdown was the only thing that could generate enough energy for these aliens to reach the earth, would we do anything less than laugh at them and hurl them in a jail cell? Yeah well guess what we should be doing to Religious Zealot Fundamentalists. I dont care if your culture hasn't 'progressed' (or 'regressed', however you want to look at it) to the point America and the rest of the free world has. If the tenets of your ideology involve the violation of human rights, thats where the line needs to be drawn. We need to say "Sorry, you're WRONG". Not "Well, they might be right! Maybe the fact that Fundamental Muslim religion sees the US, having the most morally sound and just economy and justice system in the world, as bad enough that they can justify killing unsuspecting innocents in violent acts of terrorism!". Sorry buddy. No way.
The point of this whole shpeel is this: I dont have to defend an ideology firmly rooted in preservation of human rights. You can argue that we impose the burdens of pollution and underpaid workers on third world countries till yourface turns blue and it doesnt matter. Corporations dont kill people. Corporations dont place people in our service against their free will. Corporations dont rape people. Corporations expand and build facilities in concordance with the local laws of the countries they occupy. They offer jobs at a specific wage, and those jobs are *rapidly* filled because, while it is an absurdly minimal wage to *us*, it is a generous wage compared to the wages offered by native businesses or not having a wage at all.
We need to stop tolerating idiot ideologies. Yes, Im saying Fundamental Muslim Religion is wrong. I think all religions are self-imposed mental bondaeg, but thats not todays topic. At the very least, we must stop tolerating ideologies that allow for the violation of human rights.
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"...Religious fundamentalism is something we should not worry about, hell, maybe they're right...." Congratulations you just iterated the problem. Hell! Maybe they're right. Maybe maybe maybe. Guess what? Globalization, terrorism, radicalism, right & left wing-ism (yeah I know its not a word, dont jump on it) are all surface issues. What needs to be addressed is the ideology in which Fundamentalism takes root. Yes, I advocate freedom of speech, freedom of religion (in particular!) and every other human right detailed or otherwise in the Constitution. But tell me this: if a group of people from a small New Hampshire town firmly believed that there were Green Aliens playing jazz on the dark side of the moon, and they were marching on Seabrook to take control of the power plant because they believed a core meltdown was the only thing that could generate enough energy for these aliens to reach the earth, would we do anything less than laugh at them and hurl them in a jail cell? Yeah well guess what we should be doing to Religious Zealot Fundamentalists. I dont care if your culture hasn't 'progressed' (or 'regressed', however you want to look at it) to the point America and the rest of the free world has. If the tenets of your ideology involve the violation of human rights, thats where the line needs to be drawn. We need to say "Sorry, you're WRONG". Not "Well, they might be right! Maybe the fact that Fundamental Muslim religion sees the US, having the most morally sound and just economy and justice system in the world, as bad enough that they can justify killing unsuspecting innocents in violent acts of terrorism!". Sorry buddy. No way. The point of this whole shpeel is this: I dont have to defend an ideology firmly rooted in preservation of human rights. You can argue that we impose the burdens of pollution and underpaid workers on third world countries till yourface turns blue and it doesnt matter. Corporations dont kill people. Corporations dont place people in our service against their free will. Corporations dont rape people. Corporations expand and build facilities in concordance with the local laws of the countries they occupy. They offer jobs at a specific wage, and those jobs are *rapidly* filled because, while it is an absurdly minimal wage to *us*, it is a generous wage compared to the wages offered by native businesses or not having a wage at all. We need to stop tolerating idiot ideologies. Yes, Im saying Fundamental Muslim Religion is wrong. I think all religions are self-imposed mental bondaeg, but thats not todays topic. At the very least, we must stop tolerating ideologies that allow for the violation of human rights.