why or why not?
2006-11-11 15:03:05 · 10 answers · asked by Mr.happy 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Uh... I doubt it. This is like saying the Germans were as evil as Hitler.
No. Evil people are responsible for their acts. People who are unwittingly duped are victims like, well... the victims.
2006-11-11 15:14:30 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Submission is definitely a sign of weakness. How could the Jews not fight rather than get on the trains? How can we submit to tyranny here without a fight? We go along quietly, submitting to force rather than upsetting out lives, until we wake up one day and discover that the value of life has been lost to those brazen enough to take it away in the name of some purity agenda. The Inquisition was cloaked in the Robes of the Church, so who could oppose it. The invasion of Iraq was hidden behind the Patriotism of 9/11,but wait, what did that have to do with the Twin Towers?
2006-11-11 15:28:54 · answer #2 · answered by michaelsan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Back then the puritans called them witches...today's republicans call them terrorists...and yes sitting back and saying we must stay the course is a means of support.
edit: lovemycat
There have actually been several different inquisitions. The first was established in 1184 in southern France as a response to the Catharist heresy. This was known as the Medieval Inquisition, and it was phased out as Catharism disappeared.
Quite separate was the Roman Inquisition, begun in 1542. It was the least active and most benign of the three variations.
Separate again was the infamous Spanish Inquisition, started in 1478, a state institution used to identify conversos—Jews and Moors (Muslims) who pretended to convert to Christianity for purposes of political or social advantage and secretly practiced their former religion. More importantly, its job was also to clear the good names of many people who were falsely accused of being heretics. It was the Spanish Inquisition that, at least in the popular imagination, had the worst record of fulfilling these duties.
2006-11-11 15:06:30 · answer #3 · answered by dstr 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
dstr - the Inquisition was waay before the Puritans.
Now, that being settled, it boils down to people being afraid to stick up their heads for fear of having them cut off. Has happened often in history. Look at Nazi Germany.
Hey, let's move it closer to home. For the last few years, you couldn't voice an opinion that contradicted the Bush "master (not) plan" without being called a terrorist sympathizer or not supporting our troops.
2006-11-11 15:13:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." Albert Einstein
I will not even pretend to debate Albert Einstein's logic.
2006-11-11 15:21:03 · answer #5 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The people who support the dictator/terrorist,give that person there power,they are the real problem.More so then the actual dictator/terrorist
2006-11-11 15:15:05 · answer #6 · answered by bradship4u 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not as bad. Sins of omission aren't as bad as sins of commission.
2006-11-11 17:23:33 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah yes, papi. Now you see why Repukes cannot complain about Bush and Co.
2006-11-11 15:05:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Witches, demons, terrorists, democrats. All the same in closed minds.
2006-11-11 15:12:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Worse.....
2006-11-11 15:06:09 · answer #10 · answered by This Is Not Honor 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋