I think the claim is just wrong. I see no evidence that consumer culture is going to take down Islam, or any other religion for that matter. Religion is going strong in the US.
--- Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu> wrote:
> boddi satva wrote:
>
> >
> > The West has to defeat Islamic fundamentalism -
> which is most of Islam
> > - and we know how to do that easily. It's called
> Coca-Cola. Britney.
> > J-Lo, Brangelina, Playboy, Porno, pop music, pop
> tarts, Hello Kitty
> > and Halo 3. No religion can withstand it
> >
> > It is the call to prayer of the consumer. There is
> no God but Britney.
>
> Given that choice, I'll take Islam. (Seriously.)
>
> Miles
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