Yaprakh (Iraqi Rice) Revolution?

On Mar 18, 12:32 am, Immortalist <reanimater_2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 17, 2:45 pm, ComandanteBanana <nolionnoprob...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I put the question, "What's the most dangerous book ever published?"
And the Bible and Mein Kampf are tied in first place. You can' vote,
but you can probably read some of the comments...

http://engforum.pravda.ru/showthread.php?t=212234


I would replace the term "dangerous" with "influential" in that
whether dangerous or enlightening, world religious dogmas have
influenced things more than other human works. Maybe the "state"
itself or the human propensity to xenophobia and aggression and
warfare are the dangerous part, something in our nature left unchecked
can lead to much danger.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o

In Anthropology some researchers report how members of one tribe,
treat or concieve of, enemy tribes as if they are not even human or
that the outgroup is subhuman. In social psychology there is talk of
conflicting cognitions and how when a person hurts another it is
easier to justify beliefs about performing cruelties, if they can find
support for the belief that the other was either deserving or not
worthy of normal treatment. Psychologists go on further to explain how
the more remote from the percieved dehumanized outgroup, like in an
airplane bombing as opposed to face 2 face combat, it is easier for
the ingroup to perform cruel and unusal actions.

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Precisely, I consider it dangerous because religion sets us apart in
different and often irreconcilable camps.

What sets me apart from an agnostic Iraqi man? Not religion. Perhaps
culture, but culture is something we can acquire and enjoy from each
other. For example, I could learn to enjoy Iraqi food or culture.

Which is another reason for a Banana Revolution, because food and
culture are universal. As a matter of fact, this revolution will
hopefuly spin off as many revolutions as cultures are out there.

Such names got many advantages:
Nationalistic/religious symbols divide (often used to control the
little people and lead them into war); food differentiates yet unites.

Yaprakh (Iraqi Rice) Revolution? It sounds tempting to me... ;)

(see recipe)
http://www.myarabicstory.org/IRAQ/iraqi_recepie.htm

THE BANANA REVOLUTION
http://webspawner.com/users/donquijote40
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