From: George Sherwood 

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:35:05 +1100, John Beckett wrote:



> Second, whereas it's easy to see how completely absurd is the
> intellectual position of religious leaders in Iran etc, it's becoming
> harder to see any fundamental distinction between a necon christian from
> Washington and a whacko islamist from the other side of the world.

And one more thing I have noticed the neocons christians doing:

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2023831.ece

 The gunmen came at night to drag Mohammed Halim away from his home, in
 front of his crying children and his wife begging for mercy.

The 46-year-old schoolteacher tried to reassure his family that he would
return safely. But his life was over, he was part-disembowelled and then
torn apart with his arms and legs tied to motorbikes, the remains put on
display as a warning to others against defying Taliban orders to stop
educating girls.

George

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