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2003-08-17 Arabia

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Posted by .com 2003-08-17 9:01:05 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Befor we start throwing stones the NFL is getting ready to open the regular season and a new spate of "reality" shows will be hitting the tube. To some degree we in the west are as quilty of this as the Arab World is. Notice I said to some degree. Sports and other entertainment as a means to take ones mind off of the stresses of daily life and allow one the pleasure of not having to think about anything beyond the "game" or "show" is fine as long as we don't let it become the center of our lives. And as an aside I wonder how many people are calling in from Iraq. Where the phones don't work, the powers always out, and theres no water.

Posted by Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire 2003-8-17 9:18:04 AM|| 2003-8-17 9:18:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The difernce is that the West has not been sleeping for something like 10 centuries.

Posted by JFM 2003-8-17 9:25:52 AM|| 2003-8-17 9:25:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The difference is the West invented TV, distributed electric power, radio, the cathode ray tube, the antenna, the battery, the concept of the experiment...

Posted by Shipman 2003-8-17 10:43:59 AM|| 2003-8-17 10:43:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 He got himself published, but I wonder if anyone in the Middle East will pay attention. If so, it will probably be to throw him in prison for criticizing the local "democratically elected" government. I wish I wasn't so pessimistic about the future of the Muslim Middle East, but I'm not sure I see much reason for optimism.

Posted by Dakotah 2003-8-17 11:26:44 AM|| 2003-8-17 11:26:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Most importantly, we developed the idea of letting people live their lives as they want, even if it means making a game the center of their lives. If you don't harm anyone else, no one should be allowed to tell you to stop.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-8-17 12:21:33 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2003-8-17 12:21:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 This is happening in an Arab country, Lebanon, whose capital and southern borders are periodically subject to military strikes from a historical enemy, Israel.

Actually, that should read: "This is happening in an Arab country, Lebanon, whose capital and southern borders are under the political and military control of a historical enemy, Syria". It's truly amazing how oblivious to reality even the so-called moderate Muslims are. I suspect some of that has to do with the fact that the Syrian occupation of Lebanon is keeping the Christians down.

Without Syria, Christians would rule Lebanon. Because of Syrian occupation, Lebanese Christians are quietly migrating to the West, where their talents are better appreciated. The dirty little secret of the Middle East is that every Arab country supports the Syrian occupation of Lebanon because it helps keep Lebanon from becoming the only Christian-ruled Arab country.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-8-17 2:56:08 PM|| 2003-8-17 2:56:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The author admits a few things but only goes about 40% of the way toward admiting the problem. He leaves off the demographic disasters, he ignores the Islamist threat, he pretends that the West kept them in the dark ages. Even so, if he had written in Arabic and published in Mecca this would probably be the last published work for a long time.

Posted by mhw 2003-8-17 4:19:07 PM|| 2003-8-17 4:19:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 This guy sounds exactly like Noam Chomsky (and I've read a lot of Chomsky in my time).Personally,I'd rather see the Arab World distracted by silly pop music than mad mullahs or left-wing ideologues like Dr. Batarfi.

Posted by El Id 2003-8-17 5:31:02 PM|| 2003-8-17 5:31:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Martians, huh? Good. Maybe they can figure out what's up with these lunatics. Hope they find a way to get us the answers if they do.

Posted by tu3031 2003-8-17 10:43:44 PM|| 2003-8-17 10:43:44 PM|| Front Page Top

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