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Friday, July 15, 2005

Utter ignorance

This is a fairly ridiculous editorial from a man who is one of the most widely respected "experts" on global politics today. The content of the editorial is typical: all of the world's problems are due to some flaw or shortcoming in the Muslim world today, and apparently 1 billion members of the world's population are simply not performing up to Friedman's standards.
As a quick reaction to the editorial: Friedman, give me a break. Every single religion has gone through evolutions and continues to do so. They have the same problem in India with Hinduism, in Sri Lanka with Buddhism. It's just that it doesn't effect the U.S., Canada, or Western Europe, so of course these problems don't exist.
And, once again I reiterate, MUSLIMS ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WHO HAVE EVER COMMITTED TERRORISM OR SUICIDE BOMBINGS. People act like what happened in London last week was the first time the city was ever targeted by terrorism, apparently forgetting about that little group known as the IRA. And do we remember the early nineties, when the Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy, India, was assasinated by a Hindu suicide bomber?
No, of course not. Mr. Friedman, get a grip.

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