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> > To me too there are some points in the discussions about the so-called > > terrorist attacks in the US that is still disturbing to me. Someone else > > mentioned that we assume so easily that we know what other people actually > > believe. How is it that we regard other cultures as being homogenous, when > > in fact all cultures today are amazingly heterogeneous in their beliefs >and > function on various levels ? > > > > This was the most valuable discovery people from different cultures made > > about eachother since the end of apartheid in South Africa. > > > If it was not for "terrorism" apartheid would have still existed in South Africa. > It was not at all pleasant times, not for anybody, especially >during > the 80's. But, it was also not pleasant times for many before >apartheid had > ended either. It is also not pleasant times for many at >the moment due to > the high crime rate... but strange enough all this is >more tolerable to the > larger number of people than how things were >before the 90's. > >>For some these attacks the past week mark an event in a much larger > war, one > that is far more consequential, which to them is the war over > the existence > of Western Civilization and specifically Christianity. > Some people need an > enemy as much as others need a victim - so they > just "create" one. _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold