From: skutvik@online.no
Date: Thu Jul 28 2005 - 17:43:20 BST
Hi Arlo
27 July you wrote:
> Khaled, I too welcome a voice that is non-Western. All too often, we
> are unexposed to cultural views that are outside our own cultural
> mythos. My biggest argument for diversity is that it sheds an exposing
> light on ideological solidifications.
> I, too, disagree with the terminology "biological terrorists", but I
> find it wrong because of a conflation that I'd like to explain, namely
> it conflates "actions" with "individuals" and entangles the two in a
> word-association that supports American hegemony.
An excellent post and I agree with almost all points of it. In my
entry on the issue I had reservations regarding the biological part
of Platt's evaluation.
> What I mean is that the so-called "terrorists" aren't "biological",
> any more than an American soldier is "biological". What IS biological
> are the actions of the individuals. A "suicide bomber" may be driven
> by intellectual or social goals,
However when it comes to "intellectual goals" I wonder where you
see that component? Until that is established I say no more.
Bo
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