Sunday, January 29, 2006
Seeing the Future...
This WaPo article gives us a clear idea of how things would be here if the Pat Robertson-ruled, and Sen. Sam Brownback-led, American Hamas gains any more political power than they've already grabbed.0 comments
Some Palestinians See End of Secular Dream
It matters not the country; it matters not the religion; it matters not the political structure; it matters not the era.
They all think the same: "I am right; I am righteous. You must embrace our belief in toto. Otherwise, you must be stopped, banished and/or destroyed (i.e., killed).
Fundamentalist lunatics always look attractive when they're on the outside. They strike folks as "pure," as opposed to those corrupt bastards who currently hold sway. But it's a mirage. Once in power, they always drift towards "scorched earth" policies and leave legacies of hostage-taking, burning women they don't like as witches, instituting the Inquisition and sanctioning the Taliban's raping of Afghanistan's cultural legacy,
So let's sit back and watch as the Middle East's wave of Islamic fundamentalism sweeps the popular vote in elections in country after country. And applaud as a democratic ideal our Neo-con think-tankers never envisioned plants itself across the entire region. Let's watch how these religious lunatics then transform their societies, leaving behind the secular Muslim ideal.
That will at least show us what to expect (if / when) the lunatics of Christian fundamentalism gain political control here.
Rather like a Petri dish.
We're just not gonna like what we see in it.
posted by Gotham 1:55 AM
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