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From: "Gary Britt"
Nuanced into inaction, and possibly ultimate slavery. Kerry would love you
guys. Oh wait he is one of you and not American afterall.
Gary
"Antti Kurenniemi" wrote
in message news:41160762$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Robert Comer" wrote in message
> news:41156155$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > Dying for your beliefs makes you a dead believer - what good is that?
> >
> > The idea is to fight for one's beliefs at all costs -- it's a slightly
> > different concept.
> >
> > But anyway, what good is living if you have to give up all that's
> > important to you?
>
> Ah, but there lies the important part: to me, my beliefs are not all that
is
> important. Maybe it's the definition of "beliefs" that I
have got wrong?
>
>
> > It looks like we have a real and tangible difference in attitude between
> > the U.S. and Europe -- we're (the U.S.) are far more like the Arabs
> > than we are you. (Not saying that's bad btw, just very curious, since
> > a good portion in the U.S. are of European stock.)
>
> I think it could be what the word "belief" means to us that
is different.
> I'd fight to death for my family, probably friends and their families as
> well. I'd also be willing to fight for many many other humans, but not
> really for beliefs. To me, what I believe in means not much.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
>
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