ravi wrote:
>
> why just christian fundamentalism? these attempts to take shots at
> postmodernism with whatever negative associations one can make (as
> the fish article that doug forwarded also made clear) seems
> contrived in the light of richard dawkins' simple question about
> why we ignore the 800-pound gorilla: religion, which one can hold
> accountable not just for this event but for the worldwide culture
> that leads to such events? why always the disclaimer about this
> being a "perversion of islam" etc? are these disclaimers used for
> the worthwhile effort to defend practitioners of the religion
> against discrimination? if not, dawkins' [what seems to me] sound
> arguments show that the error is in pinpointing just one religion
> (whether true or perverted) as the problem.
>
> am i right in being suspicious that the use of 9/11 to attack
> postmodernism is promiscuous?
>
> --ravi
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