ck4829
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Mon Aug-29-05 06:25 PM
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Iraq may become a Theocracy... |
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But do you believe that Iraq will still have more freedoms than the US if the Far Right gets their way?
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wli
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Mon Aug-29-05 06:29 PM
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1. but of course, else they'd hate us for our freedoms n/t |
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Mon Aug-29-05 06:29 PM
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2. Actually no. I've heard some things in Islamic law that we will never |
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see here, thank God! Women won't be allowed to go outside without a male escort, it's up to the husband if he wants to grant his wife a divorce, no matter what the reason she wants one. Things like that. I've said all along that a Theocract is what Iraq really wants, so I'm not surprised that they're heading that way.
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Mon Aug-29-05 06:29 PM
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Getting shot in the head or falling off a cliff, which is worse ?
I choose neither option. Though I do hope more than believe that the right doesn't create the fascist state that they want.
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Mon Aug-29-05 06:31 PM
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4. Pssst! Look over your shoulder. We're on our way too . . . . |
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Mon Aug-29-05 06:31 PM
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5. Just like the country that is occupying it. |
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Mon Aug-29-05 06:38 PM
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6. No, we would still have significantly more rights ... |
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... however, if we ended up with a RW CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALIST theocracy we (esp. women) would be equally "screwed."
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Mon Aug-29-05 06:47 PM
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7. Since the wingnuts are trying to turn America into one, this shouldn't |
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bother them at all. I personally believe what Jesus said about the separation of church and state: Give unto Ceasar what belongs to Ceasar. Give unto God what belongs to God. And: Man cannot serve God and Man.
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