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Originally Posted by hkbajwa  That's a smart dude.. very valid points and very positive solutions.
Some things i disagree with though:
Firstly you cannot discount socio-economic situations from the tendency towards religious extremism and violence. A lousy socio-economic situation creates precisely that type of frustration that is required by a mullah to turn a boy into a killer. All he has to do is point to the boy's own life and offer a "way out" or a chance at venegance against the evil west that is responsible for his plight.
If the socio-economic situation is improved, the likelihood that a boy can be turned to such senseless violence decreases noticably.
Secondly, international actions and reactions go a long way to prove the mullahs "right". They call America the imperialist tyrant ( and gather much support for it). Yet if the US didn't consistently say or do things that reinforced this image, it would cease to be a rallying cry.
No doubt many actions are falsely interpreted and twisted, but many are not. The seeds of anti-americanism already exist. All the mullahs do is fertilize it with their bullshit. | The thing is, its rather hard to bring about economic reform and development in cultures that view capitalism as a tool of some supposedly materialistic and secular foreign country.
Simply put, for there to be economic reform in any country, there needs to be a willingness to embrace capitalism is a "necessary evil" and a realization that materialism will always exist in cultures whereby the trade of any goods is performed at all.
And, as far as secularism is concerned, this isn't necessarily a component of a capitalist economy unless, of course, God is somehow deemed to be the provider for all.
(And, in some cases, calling the US an "imperialistic country" isn't a good excuse for not negotiating better terms with US-based companies.) |