Sociology and Explanations (Re: Hitchens responds to critics From

[James Baird]

> It seems that your line is that the conspirators are
> bloodthirsty crazies who
> cynically use the oppression of the Muslim masses as
> cover for their sinister
> designs. Has it occurred to you that they genuinely
> believe they are acting 
> in the
> best interest of a benighted transnational Muslim
> community, whose members
> have been seduced by the charms of "Western" (of
> course this is a misnomer)
> impieties -- secularism, rank materialism, formal
> gender equality, etc.? 

Is this at all contradictory?  Don't you think the
original Nazis and Fascists saw themsleves as noble
defending the benighted masses from jews, commies,
etc.?  The greatest evil is always done by those who
sincerely beleive they are doing good...

Jim Baird

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