[Buddha-l] anti-Israel and anti-semitism

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

jkirk wrote:
> I was writing about having compassion for Muslims, which you seemed to 
> think Buddhists didn't have, not about "calling people names."
I didn't mean to accuse just you, I was just referring to the drift of 
the discussion and Herr Fink was just half a step away from calling 
muslims all kinds of names.
>
> I don't get your question about did I think they were model beings 
> before becoming Muslim 'beasts' (your choice of terms). Who said 
> anything about 'model beings?' You seem to have a problem sticking to 
> the point.
The point is that it's no use to accuse people of all kinds of things. 
It just leads the attention away from the cause of the problem, which is 
not the individual, but the tribal harsh culture of the desert. In fact 
there's a circle not unlike the 12 nidanas with on one side the 
education and on the other side bad behaviour, not feeling at home in 
the world, tribalism and inflated ego's. In other words the women are 
part of the problem, victims and could become part of the solution. So I 
don't see why the muslim men, who are also a victim of their upbringing 
wouldn't deserve our compassion as well.

Erik