"Making Sense of Gaza: A Conversation Between Sam Harris and Andrew Sullivan"http://bit.ly/1ramjTV
-
-
@samharrisorg @elzindiq The Torah is as prescriptively brutal as the Koran. The number of Jews who advocate it as the rule of law is zero. -
@samharrisorg @elzindiq The alarming rise of the Islamic State — and its threat to the world — are no longer hypotheticals. -
@gingi0 ISIL is brutal and scary but not a threat to the world. It is surrounded by powerful armies that are hostile to it. -
@elzindiq That's naive. ISIL is more powerful than Al Qaeda, whose terror reached 6 continents. It has sympathizers across the globe.
-
@gingi0 I would argue AQ threat was also exaggerated. Used to justify Iraq invasion that further fueled Islamist threat. See a trend here? -
@elZindiq Absolutely. It's a vicious cycle. Does it diminish the brutal atrocities committed by these fundamentalist groups? Hardly.
-
@gingi0 Who said anything about diminishing their atrocities? -
@elZindiq You were arguing with
@SamHarrisOrg about the threat of Islam[ism]. I'm arguing the threat is real Western instigation or not. - 2 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
@SamHarrisOrg perhaps you are minimizing the capacity of the other 90% to take on this threat ... -
@SamHarrisOrg .. thereby putting the onus on the West and justifying actions that may be detrimental to the cause? -
@SamHarrisOrg focus here is on the way forward. Mostly in agreement w/ you on the problem.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Just give me 0.1% of the population... :D
@SamHarrisOrg @elZindiqThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@SamHarrisOrg .. distributed across a vast geography, outnumbered in their respective countries with the tide of public opinion against them -
@SamHarrisOrg when you exaggerate the threat, you justify a disproportionate response that only serves to amplify the original threat ..
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.