RE: Making fals equivalency between Christian and islamic 'fundemantalists'
September 16, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Equivalent?
I think the difference is culture, not religion.
My reason for thinking this is that as an anglo-saxon I come from a culture, where a certain level of rudeness is acceptable, I can tell you what I think about you. As such in our culture there is always an amount of strife. However in other cultures it is seen as a wrong act to upset another. Being to an extent culturally biased, I think that creates a more fragile society which tends to erupt into periods of violence, between times of great harmony.
If you compare England with France, France seems to have more violent riots. So it seems to evolve in fits and starts, whereas England by comparison seems to gradually change in small constant increments. I remember reading somewhere Napoleon could not understand after reading of the vicious debates in parliament why factions of brits would not turn to his support, but would rather go off drinking together, and maintain a constant front against him.
I also see that in the middle east the western support for governments which do not allow free speech in Arabic countries, but seem to think that anything goes in the west could be upsetting, and that is enough to fracture the normal requirement for the moderate path.
I think the difference is culture, not religion.
My reason for thinking this is that as an anglo-saxon I come from a culture, where a certain level of rudeness is acceptable, I can tell you what I think about you. As such in our culture there is always an amount of strife. However in other cultures it is seen as a wrong act to upset another. Being to an extent culturally biased, I think that creates a more fragile society which tends to erupt into periods of violence, between times of great harmony.
If you compare England with France, France seems to have more violent riots. So it seems to evolve in fits and starts, whereas England by comparison seems to gradually change in small constant increments. I remember reading somewhere Napoleon could not understand after reading of the vicious debates in parliament why factions of brits would not turn to his support, but would rather go off drinking together, and maintain a constant front against him.
I also see that in the middle east the western support for governments which do not allow free speech in Arabic countries, but seem to think that anything goes in the west could be upsetting, and that is enough to fracture the normal requirement for the moderate path.
