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A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism.
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If militancy is fundamental to a worldview, then being a militant whatever, is a fundamentalist approach
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You have defined fundamentalism as limited by those "fundamental values" upon which it is based, and that is not anybody's definition of fundamentalism but your own. You can't even follow the definitions you quote. Is English even your first language?
I'm trying to have a discussion about a recipe of characteristics that leads to militant behavior. You're trying to debate the nomenclature we use for those characteristics. YOU WIN!!!! I said it already -- name it what you will. I don't care to hear anymore debate about the name we call this thing, I'd like to move on and discuss a social formula that may result in the problems we see coming from Islamic Fundamentalism. Call it BOB for heaven's sake -- I DON'T CARE!
Just, please quit derailing this into a liturgy of why you feel we've hurt your feelings by using a word. APOLOGIES -- AGAIN!!! I apologize, acquiesce, and then beg you to move on, yet you continue to rant and rail. Please just stop it and let's get back to discussing the issues.
[ 08-27-2004, 05:16 PM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]