Posted: Oct 15, 2010 8:38 pm
Indeed, ability is crucial, or according to abilities perhaps, hence the cause.
But seriously, how can one claim .. if there was no X then Y would not happen? One could only if there was a (known to us)* law of nature governing the event in question.
Export of democracy is as real as religion in certain sense. And no, I do not want to justify anyone and anything, nor to find the cause, merely to exploit simple questions with simple answers.
It was the Islamic radicals, that is for a fact. Was it because of radical Islam? What-if there was no Islam, but other doctrine conflicting with export of democracy? What-if there was no Islam, another doctrine and no export of democracy? What-if aliens landed on Earth? Welcome to the what-if world.
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But seriously, how can one claim .. if there was no X then Y would not happen? One could only if there was a (known to us)* law of nature governing the event in question.
Export of democracy is as real as religion in certain sense. And no, I do not want to justify anyone and anything, nor to find the cause, merely to exploit simple questions with simple answers.
It was the Islamic radicals, that is for a fact. Was it because of radical Islam? What-if there was no Islam, but other doctrine conflicting with export of democracy? What-if there was no Islam, another doctrine and no export of democracy? What-if aliens landed on Earth? Welcome to the what-if world.
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