Apparantly Hermann Goering claimed that it was very easy to control the public (and he should know)...just call a person unpatriotic. It still works today. Just call people who differ in opinion racist, or islamohphobic or homophobic, and there you go--you have control.
I also think there could be much to worry about if a competing ideology isn't afraid to use violent coercion and can use democracy to vote in sympathetic leaders during its weak beginnings. The fact that there has not been a vehement condemnation of terrorism across the entire Muslim world and all of its leadership could be telling. Although, unlike James, I think the reason that Western society has 'evolved' beyond barbarism (at least institutionally) and enshrines human rights and freedoms is not in spite of Christianity, but a major part of that development is because of it. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4752 or send a blank email to leave-4752-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
