Here are two statements <http://goo.gl/bURhq>: one by the Prime Minister of Libya, which is pretty much everything you would want; the other is by the President of Egypt, which is not so strong, but not terrible either.
*-- Russ Abbott* *_____________________________________________* *** Professor, Computer Science* * California State University, Los Angeles* * My paper on how the Fed can fix the economy: ssrn.com/abstract=1977688* * Google voice: 747-*999-5105 Google+: plus.google.com/114865618166480775623/ * vita: *sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ CS Wiki <http://cs.calstatela.edu/wiki/> and the courses I teach *_____________________________________________* On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Paul Paryski <ppary...@aol.com> wrote: > Owen, > What you are perhaps missing is the complexity of politics and the > emergence of extremism everywhere in response to anger and frustration with > the conditions in which people are forced to live. This, alas, includes > the US and the rise of the extreme right which seems to have somewhat taken > control of the Republican Party. One might ask why people in the US don't > apologize for all the wrongs that the US has committed in the rest of the > world and maybe still be doing so. > > Chaos results in emergence and self-organization some of which is pretty > nasty. > > One tends to forget all the massacres committed by the church, e.g. the > inquisition, forced conversion of colonized peoples and the rise of Hitler > and its consequences. > > Ah humanity.... > > cheers, Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> > To: Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> > Sent: Thu, Sep 13, 2012 11:01 am > Subject: [FRIAM] Fwd: America and the Middle East: Murder in Libya | The > Economist > > The Economist sent out their weekly email, which included a story on the > Libya fiasco: http://goo.gl/0mfCW > > This reminded me of one of my possibly Politically Incorrect notions: > Why don't the civilized muslim world attempt to counter this insanity on > the part of their fundamentalists? At least some attempt to apologize for > My Religion, The Bad Parts? God knows I do! > > We had an imam visit the cathedral in Santa Fe to discuss the simplicity > and beauty of his religion. Some questions were asked about The Bad Parts, > in a very civilized manor. The conversation was sane, polite, and > certainly informative. > > What if the Vatican sent out a hit squad for all the similar > anti-Christian movies or other inflammatory media? Or the Buddhists sent > ninjas after non-believers? Or the Jews killed Dutch cartoonists? > > What I'm getting at is this: why *isn't* there a strong community of > sane and vocal muslims at least trying to communicate to the rest of us? > > Please do understand that this is not a rant against religion, but more > of a puzzled look at an insane situation. And Yes, I really wish we'd keep > our nose out of other's affairs. I'm not trying to be a bigot. But I truly > would like to grok this phenomenon. > > What am I missing? Good complexity question, I bet. > > -- Owen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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