tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607093527751357203.post7546445205061088568..comments2024-03-27T02:19:13.052-07:00Comments on Quiet Highway: Saga of a Gentleman: The Banality of Evil: It Could Happen in AmericaMatt Rafathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13256519881560435397noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607093527751357203.post-90427307793433409622009-04-21T11:50:00.000-07:002009-04-21T11:50:00.000-07:00Your experience is not unusual, there are those th...Your experience is not unusual, there are those that believe that even listening or reading religious books of other religions is blasphemy. <br />I ran into supporters of Pat Robertsen when he was running for President and when I suggested that they read the Quran, they reacted as if I had asked them to drink poison.<br />What Americans have to watch out for is the growth of the "American Churcharassa" and be really concerned with the failure of the American public school system. <br />The extremism in Pakistan flourishes because of the failure or non-existence of Pakistan's public school system. The poor have no schools to send their kids to so they end up in Madrassas. The American public schools system is also failing. While the rich can afford to send their kids to secular private (expensive) schools, others end up home schooling (homerassas?) and sending them to religious schools and camps, hence the growth of the churchrassas.<br />If this trend continues (and the support for Bush and the nonsense prevailing on Fox are evidence of how far it has already gone) than we can forsee a divided American civil society turning further toward extremism. An extremismm that for now is expressed in a democratic way, but will take on a violent outlook.Mani Devajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05652754281618895335noreply@blogger.com