Sociology and Explanations (Re: Hitchens responds to critics From

Ian Murray seamus2001 at home.com
Wed Sep 26 19:26:15 PDT 2001



> > 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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Does this make Einstein and Darwin etc. evil......................................

Ian



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