" . . . empires conveniently define peace as the absence of struggle against their power." "Fellowship" a magazine of peacemaking published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation Sep/Oct 04
Muslim resistance to our cultural domination, resistance to our imposition of our culture upon theirs, is understandable. This resistance is not necessarily in opposition to our interests, nor to peace, freedom, and democracy.
We must, absolutely must, separate our culture from our vision of democracy, from our vision of freedom. Our culture is not a democratic one, our government process is. In many ways our culture works in opposition to democracy and freedom, works in conflict with, and in opposition to, the purpose and intent of our government.
Posted by Trimmer at October 15, 2004 05:25 PM