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["David R. Matusiak" <matusiak AT speakeasy.net>]

i certainly was never endorsing and/or excusing israel. i think their 
religion 
is bullshit, too. and as far as i can determine, sharon is pure evil. 

at this point, i really don't care "who is doing what to whom." 
i don't care who is "right."
i don't care who "was there first."
frankly, i am losing my ability to care whatsoever.

it appears my point was entirely lost with the initial post. i was trying to 
directly address one of the talking points i've seen repeated in print, 
online, 
and television media. the whole "modernity" thing. whatever; it all seems 
beside the point now.

besides being completely disgusted with the damage that organized religion 
has 
brought to the world, i remain completely stupefied that educated people 
still 
convince themselves to believe in something so unprovable and useless. 
instead 
of actually doing good things in the world, we are constantly deadlocked 
between 
two or more states of righteousness.

we are wasting time and money debating things which have no solid evidence in 
the entirety of human history. our courts have to stumble with two stupid 
words 
in the pledge of allegiance. the chinese kill and abuse falun dafa members 
and 
tibetan monks because they are afraid of their power to organize people. and 
these folks in the middle east just can't seem to get enough of their 
neighbors 
blood on their hands. 

why?

do we really need these myths and fables?

is the simple thought of dying and turning back into dust just too depressing 
for the average world citizen to handle?

are we so mentally occupied with being "politically correct" and "sensitive 
to 
the feelings of others" that we cannot even discuss these things anymore?

the united states has given food, medical care, and good 'ol cash to 
practically 
every country in the world. over and over again. our diplomats are always the 
ones relied upon the solve the worlds problems. and every time we make any 
progress towards any type of peace accord in that region, someone over there 
has 
to f*ck it up. be it arafat, sharon, or a suicide bomber. or a combination of 
all three. this is going on, what, fourty years now??

and they remain in power. fantastic. i can't wait to get taxed for the next 
goddamn "economic stimulus to bosnia/afghanistan/whereever" issue. i'm glad i 
can pay all the bills for them to keep blowing up civilization and then have 
them turn around and spit in my face while calling me an american pig.

it shouldn't be hard to tell that my level of frustration has boiled over. i 
would say that happened years ago and that this is merely the protective 
membrane collapsing from the pressure. how is everyone else able to go about 
their daily lives and not be completely enraged by this b.s.? i don't think i 
have the ability to politely dance around peoples' feelings when it comes to 
these issues any longer. if your archaic myth is costing me money and 
demolishing whatever peace i had left, then i am aiming directly at you.

the usa is not perfect, goodness knows. our politicians are imperfect, too. 
you 
can find me deriding them all the time. however, as pretty much the youngest 
major country in the world, we have become the model for all existence. as 
crappy as our culture is, everyone wants a piece of it. they want to emulate 
our 
movies, music, fashion, well - just about everything.

yet it is not sufficient to take, enjoy, and mutate in your own culture. for 
some reason, all the takers have to be completely hypocritical and snipe at 
our 
citizens while wearing levis or wranglers. my point is that i would admire 
some 
of these militant religious freaks a little more if they were not such 
disgusting hypocrites. if they could really stick to their guns and eschew 
everything western, then perhaps i could think that their religion actually 
meant something to them. 

instead, they want to dip on both sides of the pot and still be able to claim 
that they are chaste and pure. what a complete disgrace to their faith. and 
so 
that concludes all i feel i should say on the topic. what else is there to 
say, 
really? from the looks of it, the entire globe should be decimated in about 
two 
to three years. go out and do whatever the hell you like. with no regard for 
any 
other human beings. now is the time for that cadillac escalade...

here is something i said over dinner on friday (whilst discussing this thorny 
issue with friends): "i would be happy if motherf*ckers would just stop 
killing 
motherf*ckers long enough to have a discussion." sorry for the length, the 
tone, 
the topic, but not for the intent.

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On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Thomas Beckett wrote:

> There's a lot of information and misinformation out there.  Here's another 
> point of view.
> 
> http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/TheTruth11_files/frame.htm
> 
> TaB
> 
> P.S.  I'm not endorsing the site, I don't know much about it.  But the PPT 
> presentation is quite compelling.