Alang wrote:
On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:48:02 +0000, William Black
wrote:

aracari wrote:
'William Black' wrote thus:

aracari wrote:

That assumes terrorists are responding to something the West has
done to them. This may be the excuse used by a tiny minority of
nutcases, but overwhelmingly the reason is hatred and jealousy,
ie they're varieties of socialists who want to destroy the current
global social order by imposing their ideology onto the rest of us
through intimidation and fear.
Well the old Islamic caliphate they wish to restore was a lot of things,
but never Socialist...
Why not?

Because they never ever wanted the people to have control of the means
of production, distribution and exchange.

All were in the hands of the Caliph.

Despotism and tyranny are not Socialist.

Of course they are.
Everybody is the property of the state. That's socialism

But everyone wasn't.

The satraps were quasi independent rulers.

A society with formalised slavery isn't going to treat everyone in the
same way.

--
William Black

"Any number under six"

The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of
Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat
single handed with a quarterstaff.