tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post793613850120356174..comments2023-10-24T11:03:41.388-05:00Comments on ladypoverty: Tolerance made easier by imposing no costsJ.R. Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076895859826581960noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-35895187940160876432010-08-17T15:39:53.968-05:002010-08-17T15:39:53.968-05:00Hey DBake,
I certainly agree it isn't self-ev...Hey DBake,<br /><br />I certainly agree it isn't self-evident. That's why I don't make that claim.<br /><br />What is wrongly attributed to "Islam" is the hostility of local communities to a particular form of economic integration advanced on behalf of investors and their "rights." <br /><br />This is posed as a "problem of Islam" insofar as Muslim communities in whatever way resist such integration.<br /><br />But it's not about "Islamic religious tolerance" or anything else. This is evidenced in the warm US relations with Islamic regimes that fulfill business requirements, while remaining socially repressive. The same goes for "communism."JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-63095959321946354422010-08-14T22:28:39.185-05:002010-08-14T22:28:39.185-05:00The purported conflict between "Islam" a...<i>The purported conflict between "Islam" and "the West" is really just a conflict between the contending forms of economic organization these terms can imply.</i><br /><br />In what way is Islam hostile to business? I'm sorry, this claim is hard to believe without more evidence and more extensive argument. It certainly isn't self-evident.DBakenoreply@blogger.com