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We are playing a dangerous game : Comments
By Brian Holden, published 3/8/2007The media’s unrelenting promotion of a negative image of Islam and the government’s scare tactics must cease.
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It is alright to say that Israel works independently of America. Fact is that without America Israel would probably have had to finds it's future not in the Middle East, but most likely among the former British Commonwealth of Nations, as I mentioned previously.
Personally, as a woolgrower as well as a grainfarmer, have had a lot to do with Australian Jews, and believe as progessive individuals they have been a benefit to us as citizens.
But because they are more like we are, certain Britishers were dead right at the time not to agree for them to return to Israel.
Both us and the Jews have to live with the fact that Muslims are different to us. And it is believed we can still live in the same world as they do, without forcing some sort of democracy on them.
Finally, right since the West has profitted from using Socratic Reasoning to tone down fundamental religous faith, we have fallen out with Islam which has been forced to retreat back into its own faith-filled fundamentalism.
However, the belief from many social scientists is for us Westerners to let them find out for themselves, which they surely will, as long as we leave them alone.
As an Iranian woman Judge declared. These Americans and Britishers, they so often talk about converting us to democracy as they tried with the Shah. But we will eventually find our own democracy, thank you very much.
The lady is so right as proven with Singapore, Malyasia and Vietnam, they were able learn from us - but without having change forced upon them.
The Brits should have learned a lesson shown by Gandhi in India - even as Nelson Mandela has mentioned - it is such a pity.
Regards - BB