This letter appeared in today's Globe and Mail. It draws on an article
in yesterday's paper, but explains that context well enough. I think the
connection it makes between the "belief" of terrorists and the rhetoric
of Bush is quite chilling.
Rob Irish
PRINT EDITION
The Aftermath Comment Good and
evil
By CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR
Friday, September 14, 2001
– Page A24
Ottawa -- Terrorism expert Mark Juergensmeyer says
the
terrorists he has met "seemed not only normal but
pleasant, affable with above-normal intelligence."
What
made them different was the fact that "they believed
they
were part of a titanic struggle between good and
evil"
(Twisted View Of The World Drives Some To Mass
Murder
-- Sept. 13).
George W. Bush is preparing for war against
terrorism and
believes "this will be a monumental struggle of good
versus evil, but good will prevail." We can only
pray that
the U.S. President and his advisers will rise above
this
simplistic view. Otherwise, the cycle of hatred and
terror
will only expand.
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Dr. Robert Irish, Director
Language Across the Curriculum
Applied Science and Engineering
University of Toronto
Sandford Fleming B670
416-978-6708
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