Saturday, 14 January 2012

The Arab cultural revolution - was it worth it?

I can't help but wonder about North Africa, and the Middle East. They seem to be celebrating one year since Tunisia changed its politics, and yet even more trouble looms. If they do go for Sharia Law, does that mean that civil war will break out? If Libya is an example, where thousands were hurt or killed to topple the Gaddaffi regime, will that mean we have more years of riots and civil war while they try to sort out who wants to be the leader? It's going to get worse, people...If I was going on holiday, then it won't be anywhere near that lot, for some time to come!
http://www.european-freedom-initiative.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=252:tunisians-fear-sharia-law-state-may-be-looming&catid=2:world-news&Itemid=3
I wonder if we are starting to see the demise of Islam? It has grown very fast over the last few decades, but at some time the bubble must simply burst. You cannot have a clash of cultures which offer freedom, and free speech, and open minds, and a culture that is radically opposed to most of that. Push will come to shove...

2 comments:

  1. It won't be the end of it, but the confusion is settling in...what is the difference between killing dozens or hundreds by chemical warfare or conventional warfare? Are we somehow saying that conventional warfare is 'acceptable', but chemical warfare is not? And as to who started this chemical story...it was assumed that it was the Assad regime...because surely the rebels would never resort to that level? And then we get stories that the rebels did have the chemicals, from Iran, but as no-one knew how to behave with it, the rebels let it loose accidently? And now Obama is committing the USA to action based on the story that Assad and Co released the chemical warfare. Who are we to believe? If we don't know who is 'genuine' in this sad, sad, sad mess, then how are we to come down on any particular side? They end up all being wrong!

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  2. How much fear does it take? When you are born you are born into a style of living. From day one you might be encouraged and built up or you you might be dissuaded and slapped down. You may be in a nice family that tells you all about gods love and in the same breath you are told that if you dont worship him then you will burn in hell forever. How screwed up can you get!

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