“Atheists proudly take God out of the equation but still allow themselves to be fascinated by the probability that little green men from another world may have brought the knowledge to build the pyramids to Earth, and by the “scientifically possible” permutations of life on other worlds. As yet, no atheist, indeed no one, has seen a little green man. But atheists believe in the possibility of little green men existing.”

Yes, of course. All atheists believe this, don’t they. Just as all Muslims believe … (just fill in whatever lunatic idea comes into your head) …

Would such a tendentious and divisive writer be allowed even on Indymedia?

May I trade quotations with you:

“All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke.

http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/29

Followed by:

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” — Plato.

Indeed Dona, it was Martin Luther King who said
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”.

People can chew on this, and draw their own conclusions.

Yesbut …. There is more to human nature than physical biology. Mental outlook is a key determinant of a person – just ask any of those millions who have fought or been killed for their beliefs.

The world is all too malleable to the hammers of the mind.

Great comments from several people too.

Farooq’s view is irrational, unreasonable and divisive….

I read it with some dismay.

Of course any rational person knows that a human is a human, regardless of minor# differences (for example differrences in ideolgy) and there’s no genuine reason why we should not all be able to get along perfectly well

So I always get suspicious of those who try and chip aay at our similarities, and this guy comes into that bracket. It’s not that the average person wanted the terrorists to specifically be Muslims, it’s just an unfortunate truth that they were. To suggest that Muslims were made scapegoats is not only insanely untrue, but also helps fuel the “us and them” mentality which I see as also being the goal of the terrorists

To conclude, terrorism need not only be achieved by violence. Sometimes words can do the job just as effectively. Surely this guy needs to be watched, for the good of people everywhere – including those in the very community he’s claiming to represent.

# N.b. by minor I mean that we’re all basically the same; it’s not like one nation is made up of carnivorous lizards with another’s imhabitents being made of intangible matter

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/08/22/ucu-and-the-david-duke-fan/

http://www.chickyog.net/2008/08/27/harrys-place-down/