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Undertoad · 09-28-2002, 08:23 PM

Thanks, Jag, for answering the stupid question that I posed.

I have followups.

1) Throughout history we see that probably the majority of peoples were impoverished and disenfranchised. Yet it's extremely rare to find killing civilians to be considered jusifiable in any way. What is different in this case?

2) Normally when money is given under threat of physical violence, that's called "robbery". Depending on the nature of the threat, it might also be called "blackmail". What do you call it when it's done on a global scale?

In the long run, economic growth is created through maximization of human activity. Most Muslim countries suffer from several cultural practices which will ensure that they will never, ever become productive, such as the total subjugation of 50% of their population. Maybe this is the biggest difference from the Marshall Plan. The taxpayers of any/every productive country on Earth will never, ever agree to endlessly subsidize a broken people.

Furthermore, the fanatical muslims would find being "supported" in such a way to be a complete and total insult to his belief system - in which he is given to understand that he is better than you by the will of Allah.

So 3) how many times will the shit have to hit the fan - i.e., see the image - before the west really gets fed up and does something *truly* rash and stupid?

09-28-2002, 08:23 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Thanks, Jag, for answering the stupid question that I posed. I have followups. 1) Throughout history we see that probably the majority of peoples were impoverished and disenfranchised. Yet it's extremely rare to find killing civilians to be considered jusifiable in any way. What is different in this case? 2) Normally when money is given under threat of physical violence, that's called "robbery". Depending on the nature of the threat, it might also be called "blackmail". What do you call it when it's done on a global scale? In the long run, economic growth is created through maximization of human activity. Most Muslim countries suffer from several cultural practices which will ensure that they will never, ever become productive, such as the total subjugation of 50% of their population. Maybe this is the biggest difference from the Marshall Plan. The taxpayers of any/every productive country on Earth will never, ever agree to endlessly subsidize a broken people. Furthermore, the fanatical muslims would find being "supported" in such a way to be a complete and total insult to his belief system - in which he is given to understand that he is better than you by the will of Allah. So 3) how many times will the shit have to hit the fan - i.e., see the image - before the west really gets fed up and does something truly rash and stupid?