Re: [SG] Islamic Bombers

On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 23:40:19 -0500 Richard and Emily Bell
<rlbell@sympatico.ca> writes:
<snip>
>It is next to impossible for the palestinians to produce ANY
>infantrymen.  If americans had the same standard of living as the
>palestinians, there would be no shortage of american suicide bombers.
>That impoverished segment of the american populace that makes barely
>enough money to not qualify for medicare has a standard of living 
>beyond
>the dreams of avarice for the typical palestinian.
>
>Americans do not produce suicide bombers because it is a nominally
>egalitarian society with universal franchise and, by third world
>standards, anyone that is not actually homeless is incredibly wealthy.
>Unlike the palestinians, almost all americans have something worth
>living for.  Sadly, there are many palestinians who take a look at the
>death benefits offered for advancing some cause, and realize that
>martyrdom is the best available career.  But if every palestinian had 
>at
>least some shitty, joe-job that allowed him to support his family in a
>three room hovel with indoor plumbing, the terrorist recruiters would 
>be
>told to go fuck themselves (pardon the vernacular).
>
>

No problem with he vernacular, it would be some equally rude equivalent
in Arabic I'm sure.

So moving to the Res'  (Reservation) would be a quantum leap forward? 
Hmmm.

To a degree I believe you are accurate but I don't remember any suicide
bombers coming out of the Native American cultures during the 1899-1939
period (pretty much the bottom for many tribes/nations) or the Blacks
during the post-Reconstruction period.	So it is more than just the
economic condition.   Yes the lack of a future 'corners' one but suicide
bombing has to have more then just a material component, I MO.

But we are *W-a-y* off of GZG and way into
sociology/psychology/political
science...

Gracias,
Glenn/Triphibious@juno.com
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