[lbo-talk] Islam and Muslims (was Doug and Islam)

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Fri Mar 16 14:45:12 PDT 2007


Yoshie wrote:


>You may not recolonize it,

I like that one. ;)


>but, if you are a Westerner, even if you are irreligious, parts of
>your ideas about legal and moral codes of war most likely came from
>doctrines elaborated by theologians like
>Augustine and Aquinas.

I know. History of law is one of my favorite topics. But that's what I mean by generalization. Parts of my ideas about art, literature, work, and much more are connected with that same tradition. What I mean to point out is that Doug was being specific when he said:


>religious leftists here
> > > > are way too likely to presume the good intentions of their enemies,
> > > > and believe that appeals to their conscience will work.

The key word there, I think, is *here.* There's a long tradition here of folksinging and placing flowers in rifles here that has a basis in that presumption of everyone being good and nice given the chance. When you respond with:


>Many faiths have their just war doctrines and martyrs

I don't see the connection except in a general way.



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