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April 09, 2007
Dali Lama Threatened By Osama
Asia News has a story about Muslim threats against the Dali Lama. Lumbini (AsiaNews) - Nepal's three million Buddhists are alarmed over death threats made against the Dalai Lama, allegedly by Islamic extremist group Lashkar-e-Toiba. In Lumbini, Buddha's birth place in southern Nepal, monks and lay people are praying for him.It is not just Americans and Israelis who are threatened by the Religion of Peace™. How people believe we can have peace with Islamic fascists running wild is beyond me. The problem is one of mirror imaging. We like to think everyone is as good as we are and is motivated by the same things. Sadly, such is not the case. Buckminster Fuller saw this quite clearly many years ago. He said that for people whose life propects were poor the hereafter was a big motivating factor. He predicted an attenuation of religion as life improved for people. This was stated clearly by one of Arafat's henchmen at the start of Stupidfada II. The henchman said (when the Palestinian economy was improving due to the integration of the Palestinian and Israeli economies) that people who are doing well do not wish to fight. Which brings us back to mirror imaging. We see the purpose of government as improving the lives of our citizens. The Islamic fascists see the purpose of government as destroying the lives of their citizens in order to have cannon fodder for their wars of domination. The leaders of the Islamic fascist movement see civilization as a destroyer of their power. I believe they are correct in their estimation. Eric at Classical Values covers similar points from the standpoint of Moderate Islam, secularism, science, and Classical Values. H/T Gates of Vienna Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 04.09.07 at 10:45 AM |
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Well, the Dalai Lama is a bit deserving of death threats, in my opinion.