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Let us go back to basics

Reader comment on item: [Alastair Crooke's Conflict Forum and] Sharing Jokes with Hamas

Submitted by Octavio Johanson (Italy), Apr 20, 2005 at 14:43

Going back to basics is an expression I have borrowed from religion. In religion, any religion, it means going back to the fundamentals or basic principles of the faith.

In a non-religious context, it means going back to the basic principles of morality and the difference between right and wrong.

To me, "sharing jokes with Hamas" is morally wrong, because what Hamas does is morally wrong.

Therefore, no Western government shall do business with Hamas or any Islamic organisation, because their actions are morally wrong and should not be endorsed.

A country or a part of the world, the West, which has lost sight of the difference betweem moral and immoral is going to lose its influence.

The mere idea of doing business with Hamas or any other Islamic organization is morally wrong, because Hamas and other Islamic organizations kill people.

I don't know how American and European politicians sleep at night when they are doing busines with Hamas and similar organizations.

Sometimes, it is not about delivering sophisticated explanations as Daniel Pipes or Samuel P. Huntinghton do.

It is about avoiding the relativism which is killing the West.
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Title Commenter Date Thread
Jokes are good [45 words]Elsi VacanoJan 12, 2007 20:5872591
Too long...Give a break!! [279 words]Harish RamaswamyDec 1, 2006 01:0567926
2Reason trumps Emotion (Unless you're a fanatic...) [1377 words]usesomelogicJun 8, 2006 14:5247294
alastair Crook et.al. [110 words]Simon WatneyJun 5, 2006 04:1047083
The EU and Hamas [110 words]Daniel MeturganMay 5, 2005 15:4722005
Good Grief! [353 words]BruceApr 26, 2005 13:2321828
Reply to Bruce [86 words]Seamus MacNemiSep 12, 2007 00:0821828
Maybe It Has Something to Do With Their "Public" Schools [44 words]JakeApr 23, 2005 10:0321778
Reply to Jake [91 words]Seamus MacNemiSep 12, 2007 00:2921778
Relativism [106 words]Octavio JohansonApr 21, 2005 18:5521760
Muslim hatred [219 words]Dan KatcherApr 21, 2005 15:1421759
You said it RIGHT! Thank you! [348 words]DonnaJan 30, 2007 02:3321759
Megalomania [70 words]Gaspar TociApr 21, 2008 23:4621759
Details & omissions [334 words]CApr 21, 2005 11:3221755
Crookes hamas pals - the new nazis and their ally [345 words]Rob KleinApr 21, 2005 10:0821753
Hamazis: an apt title. [50 words]Richard L. KocherFeb 19, 2006 09:5221753
What is Islam's Nature? [114 words]Timothy B. RobertsApr 21, 2005 00:1121751
Tolerance of intolerance? [57 words]L DixonMar 30, 2008 10:0521751
Diplomacy and Terrorism [105 words]JohnApr 20, 2005 21:2721750
Wishful thinking [56 words]Bernard ArkulesApr 20, 2005 17:0621743
Let us go back to basics [189 words]Octavio JohansonApr 20, 2005 14:4321741
Alastair Crooke - a coincidence? [30 words]Peggy KazApr 20, 2005 14:1421740
Reply to Peggy Kaz [53 words]Seamus MacNemiSep 12, 2007 00:4921740
Our Man in the Trenches [182 words]Dave M. O'NeillApr 20, 2005 12:1221739
Muslims do not hate our values. They hate our policies. [95 words]PatApr 20, 2005 12:1121738
Sharing Jokes with Hamas [13 words]Herb StoneApr 20, 2005 10:5521737

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