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Old 08-02-2009, 12:16 AM   #167
PyramidsofMars
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Originally Posted by bcb View Post
I think he might have been suggesting that "oppression" is not the real reason why these people turn to terrorism, since they were middle class. (Common belief among lefties is that terrorism is somehow our fault as we're the oppressors.)
but he's responding to me, and I was hardly talking about Big Bad White Western Oppression, I was simply stating the fact proven by events all around the world (including those totally unrelated to Islam) and throughout history that poverty breeds crime and violence.
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