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In response to "I don't know that I agree with some of this..." by Mel Profit

They don't hate us for our freedoms as much as hate us for how our freedoms affect "their" societies and way of life -- nm

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Nov 16 '10, 10:16

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No...I think part of it is that they hate us for having an open society plain and simple. - Mel Profit Nov 16, 10:21 5
- Personaly, I think the people we're talking about could care less about what the corrupt decadent West does, just as long as they keep their corrupt - Roger More Nov 16, 10:31 4
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    - Yes. From our perspective it means "might as well not exist" because in the West we (generally) believe in an open society - Roger More Nov 16, 10:48
    - I don't see anyone strapping on a bomb over CSI Miami. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 10:40
  - This, exactly. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 10:34
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- it affects their feelings of ownership over the society they belong to. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 10:24
- Yep - that's why I used the inverted commas around their. -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 10:22

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