--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't think you are giving the hopelessness and impotence > > the 'credit' it deserves when spawning terrorism. It is not the > > hopelessness and powerlessness borne of individual circumstances, > > or a run of bad luck, such as most of us in the wealthy and > > powerful US might imagine. > > Hey Jim, > > But I thought that the 9-11 guys were anything but hopeless.
If you read beyond the first paragraph of Jim's post, you'll find that this is just what *he* is saying. In fact, he says it in the very paragraph you just quoted-- "It is not the hopelessness and powerlessness borne of individual circumstances..." And he goes on to explain: > It is a culture of generations of no hope, no power and no change. A > culture that has grown to mistrust any authority or have any > possibility for personal redemption, socially, culturally or > economically. > > This situation is fertile ground for religious extremists, seeking > power, who then trade the offer of meaning in the form of zealotry > to these hopeless people in return for their lives. Hence terrorists > are born. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
