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George W. Bush The Ultimate Liberal?
Many people who are opposed to the death penalty would probably classify themselves as liberals or as Christians [it doesn't follow that all Christians are against the death penalty]. Now I'll bet not many liberals believe in evil, but I'll bet most Christians believe in evil. But I doubt that there are many fundamentalist Christians who are liberals. Something doesn't ...follow... here. I guess if you feel that every human life has value and is somewhere deep down inside good, then I can understand how you might be opposed to the death penalty, and how hard it is to believe that evil exists. Now don't get me wrong, all children are born into innocence - I don't think there are evil children. But after that it can get pretty dicey. If children are brought up to hate, or kill, or be evil, then that is what they will be with few exceptions!
But I don't feel that adult human beings who have somehow been brought up to hate, kill and commit evil possess ultimate value, when they perpetrate or sponsor terrorism and evil. I do feel sorry for them, because I do believe that if they had not had such evil upbringing, then they most likely would not have turned out this way. But the plain fact is that God has lost the battle for their souls. And if it is a struggle between me or them, then ....I... definitely get the nod. Do you feel that this is selfish or arrogant? Do you feel that it is somehow my fault for not providing for the correct upbringing of these children? After all, I did have somewhat of a correct upbringing [I don't murder people at least]. It is just not fair is it? Ah, the liberal mindset. They think the world should be .....fair. Well maybe sometime in the far distant future. I think it is a good idea as well.
And here comes the next consideration that just doesn't .....follow.... If this argument is followed through to its conclusion, then the liberals should be the biggest backers of intervention in those parts of the world where the systemic practice of evil persists! From this argument, George W. Bush is the world's biggest liberal there ever was, since he wants to eliminate those regimes of evil, break the cycle of hate and violence, and try to set those parts of the world on a less evil course. That was the essential message he delivered earlier this year. Liberals and Conservatives should actually converge on this issue ultimately. Amazing.
The cycle of hate and killing, and evil, and now terrorism seems to be repeating itself endlessly in the Middle East. Nobody in America, except a very few outlandish religious sects [and I include a few very well known ones in there....!] preach hate against the Muslims. But preaching hate and even violence against Westerners, especially Americans seems to be the rule in the Middle East. This has got to change someday, because it has spawned our present climate of terrorism. I do not believe that Islam is a violent religion, but I think that with the almost total absence of any kind or variant of democracy in this part of the world, the Muslim religion has been pretty much the only outlet in which to practice dissent. There are certainly violent sections of the Koran, in the same way that there are many violent sections in the Bible. Most of the the Middle Eastern Islamic-based states do not allow political dissent, so the states themselves have been co-opted, at least in public opinion, and taken on the role of dissent, and have latched onto the particularly nasty aspects of the Koran. "Jihad" is practically a state sponsored religion, if you were to listen to all the Mullahs, at least the ones that we read and hear about over here. The moderate Muslims are not allowed to speak up, because they are seen as too friendly to the enemy, and "against the Koran," and therefore "against God." The fundamental importance of being able to dissent is so vital to our well-being. Our democratic regimes do allow the dissent, and have little to do with religion, and at least have legitimacy, having been elected, if they don't always appear to be on the side of public opinion.
Now in America, we have political parties in which to practice dissent, and you can always take to the street with your anti-war or your anti-abortion signs. There is no religion involved, and it is not "against God" to dissent in our country. The Democrats are all in a quandry right now, but nobody in their right mind believes that they are un-American. They are just naive and clueless right now :-). They don't realize that George W. Bush has co-opted their ultimate aims, on the world stage! They may become extinct if George W. Bush pulls off this war in some miraculous sort of way. That would not really be for the best, would it? Conservatism would become a religion then. Uh oh. I think I better start dissenting, if just for the principle of it. But only for the principle of it!