[geeks] Religion vs. Politics was: Glad I don't live in Texas!

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Wasn't a penal island the idea behind Australia? 



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- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter L. Wargo" <pwargo at basenji.com>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] Religion vs. Politics was: Glad I don't live in
Texas!


| On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
| 
| > On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 01:20:29PM -0500, Mike Hebel wrote:
| > 
| > > >Very often, it does not boil down to religion at all.  The
| > > >crusades were purely for profit, but was pushed on the
| > > >soldiers as a "religious" war. 
| > I disagree.  Sure, profit may have been a major motive, but one
| > must not overlook the benefits of being able to send
| > troublemakers to the front line of a war where they will be
| > killed without anyone blaming you. 
| > And, one must not overlook the benefits of removing the
| > particularly violent elements in your society and shipping them
| > off to do their raping and pillaging in another land.
| 
| Agreed.  Excellent points.
| 
| (Josh, with a bit of work, you could be a first-class cynic.  Or,
| at least a UNIX SA.) <grin>
| 
| -Pete
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