[ExI] 'Homogenous Norms' - Impossible? or the West's only hope?

[BillK]

On 11/24/07, hkhenson wrote:
> At 11:23 PM 11/22/2007, samantha wrote:
> >Awful as that is why is it our business to deal with such at all?  Do
> >we believe that homogenous norms should be enforced worldwide by
> >strength of arms were other means fail?  If so then we can look
> >forward to unending war, much terrorism and depleted economic prospects.
>
> There are evolutionary psychology reasons to enforce homogenous norms
> world wide to *avoid* "unending war, much terrorism and depleted
> economic prospects." Cultures (of which the Arabic culture is one)
> that degrade women have high population growth. Exactly why high
> population growth is coupled to treating women badly is up for argument.
>


I've just read an article on the War on Terror that makes some unusual points.
Worth thinking about.

<http://www.tapsns.com/blog/?p=86>
Mark Anderson is a frequent speaker at corporate meetings around the
world, and provides top-level strategic reviews for management teams.

The Pakistan Play
21 November 2007

Let's see if I have this right. Every country in the Middle East
(except Israel) is a dictatorship, specifically focused on preventing
radical Islam from coming to power. You can argue exceptions like
Turkey, where the Army comes in and stages coups at the slightest
indication of the above, or Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood
assassinated Sadat, and the Mubarek dynasty kills or jails this
now-illegal Islamic group on sight.

And we want democracy for Pakistan?

Oh, I forgot to add Algeria, where the Islamic party was made illegal
and the elections stopped in mid-stroke to avoid a power turnover, or
Morocco, or —

Who in the world would want to impose democracy on a Middle Eastern country?

Oh, I forgot - we did the same thing in Iran, forcing the Shah to
lighten up a bit. Oops.

OK, maybe it's all about our other big issue, Nukes. Except the
greatest crime of the modern world was putting together all the
materials necessary for a nuclear weapons kit and shipping it off to
fellow Islamic (and other) countries, like Iran, Libya, Syria, and
probably North Korea —

Who was the master criminal behind that most destructive and insane of
Islamic moves? Ah, I believe that would be dictator and future
President Purvez Musharraf. Sure, he has Dr. Khan under "house arrest"
(or used to), but really, he was in charge of the government at the
time this sanctioned distribution of death kits took place. The
"Islamic Bomb."

Oops.

Don't you get the feeling that the whole Pakistan story is one
gigantic manipulation?

What is the other hand doing, while you are watching this one?

Pakistan, Home of Al Quaeda. Where Mr. bin Laden gets his dialysis.
Bush's staunchest ally in the War on Terror.

Did I mention that there is no War on Terror?
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Hmmmmm.

BillK