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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
WOW. you put a lot of time in your post to disseminate incorrect information LOL. If you really think the radical muslims don't dislike us in part because of our MTV culture, you're either misinformed or sadly mistaken. Do your research before you try to contradict me 
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I didnt
try to contradict you. I did contradict you.
It wasnt that much time. Since I am incredibly smart, I can rattle off this stuff all day, and really fast too.
I did my research. My minor is in middle eastern politics.
I did more research than a search through my favorites web-sites.
I did more research on this subject than you could ever-imagine.
I definately did more academic research than the two of the three sources you posted. One was a guys blog that also had a short story on Vampires, and another was from what looks like a church newsletter. Hardly academic.
I'll grant you that I didnt cite any sources at all. Beacuse I wasnt posting a dissertation. I was simply making an observation that, while you may be an incredibly intellegent woman, you sounded INCREDIBLY unimformed with your comment of
"Hmm...well in the eyes of Bin Laden...that is true! He doesn't refer to us as infidels for nothing!" Becasue again, Pat Robertson was climing that the 9/11 attacks were brought by GOD. You made an argument for pat Robertson that he didnt even make.
Now, for your statements on my argument. I should have clarified that my point on Bin- Laden wanting us out of the mid-east wasnt the only motivating factor in the 9/11 attacks, but it was the primary factor.
An additional factor that you brought up was a valid one, but unfortunately I believe it / you has the wrong interpertation. From your source:
The more extreme elements detest McDonald's for capturing the gastronomical enthusiasm of their children. They loath MTV for driving their teenagers toward the impure thoughts of sex and individualism and away from the thoughts of the Koran and Allah. They resent the Christian missionaries from Kansas for converting wavering believers into admires of Jesus Christ. They curse the U.S. military troops stationed in their countries for illuminating their impotency. (A parallel to a point I made.) They attack giant multinational corporations headquarted in the towers of New York for selling material dreams that impoverished Muslims cannot afford and that only end up manufacturing frustration.
In its totality, much of the extremist musulm world actually has a love hate relationship with us. Especially the young. They know from history that their culture used to be the premier culture and led the world in art, music, science, literature. Now they are among the poorest peoples on the planet and have seen their once great culture eclipsed by the western cultures. Its a mix of shame and jealousy. That jealousy often gets corrupted into rage. Rage against the western cultures. Yet, many, especially the youth are drwan to western culture. Example, in iran, its illegal to watch western TV or non approved media, yet almost everyone has a sattelite dish that they bring inside and hide during the day and place on their balconies at night so they can watch western TV. Many in Iran watch as much NBC or HBO as you or I do.
Often, people like OBL use the "Western Culture" as a catch all to rally their followers. I dont doubt OBL might resent the things Pat Robertson listed. I highly doubt that would have been the central, or even periphial reasons for the 9/11 attacks. (it makes for good Sunday Morning Service fodder, but thats all) Again, he seems to be primarily concerned with the western armies occupying their holy lands.
The "more extreme believers" and I have one thing in common.
They resent the Christian missionaries from Kansas for converting wavering believers into admires of Jesus Christ.
I resent those people too. They give christianity a bad name. Like those two broads from Waco who were jailed by the taliband in 2001 that the US Army had to stop what they were doing and go in and rescue them. Shouldda left them stupid bitches there to face their fate. If their faith was so strong, it, instead of the US army and my tax dollars should have carried them out of there.
Zealots in any religion are nothing but trouble.
Also, I dont belong to any 'MTV Culture.' My soul isnt owned by Viacom.
Oh, and the Taliband were incredibly gay. Not gehy, but gay. They liked the booty sex. Afghanis view of sexuality is much more fluid and is seen as more of an 'active vs passive partner' kinda thing. Women are off limits, your in a foxhole fighting the northern alliance, yada, yada, yada.
*Edited to correct the spelling errors I cared to go back and look for and change the term 'gals' to bitches in the section about the dumb bitches from Waco.