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Old 01-12-2003, 08:18 PM   #65
The Hierophant
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Originally posted by Iron_Ranger:


They might not want too? Well they that makes a shit load of since doesnt it? I mean after all, people love being opressed and starving and not being able to have an opinion of there own!
For the most part, many do believe that they have opinions of their own. They believe that their way of life is good, and pure, and that they are giving themselves to the fight against an infidel evil. It is the same the world over. If, from birth, you are taught to believe that your way of life is free and right, chances are that that is exactly what you will come to believe in adulthood, regardless of outside argument. Many do not believe they are being oppressed, they have had no other way of life to compare this 'oppression' to. Not everyone is raised with a western style of education, and condemning people for their place and society of birth....well, it just doesn't feel right. Not to insinuate that that is what you are doing, just that there are many different ways of life in the world, each with their own pros and cons, it can't hurt to try looking into how others live instead of dismissing them outright as being backward or ignorant.
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