Posted by Squiggles on September 10, 2006, at 21:55:05
In reply to Fundamentalism » Squiggles, posted by Declan on September 10, 2006, at 21:16:59
> 50 years ago there wasn't much of it, was there?
Well, i think it has been with us as long
as the human race has-- for whatever reasons.
In a complicated world as you describe, today,
it may be absolutely necessary to tolerate
foreign ideas, and stick to trade for coexistence--
i think that's diplomacy, right? A lot of
lives could have been spared if the approach
was taken in an international approach by the
US gov. under President Bush - a lot less
body counts. US and the Middle East have
been trading for eons - it's either trade
or colonialism/imperialism.Squiggles
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