05-03-2006, 07:44 PM
Quote:this is a ... good article
No, it would be the funniest thing I've read in a while, if it wasn't for the fact that you genuinely believe it.
Point by point:
1) A materialistic society with no mission in life: My single most important thing in my life is my nephew and niece. I'm god-father to both, a something that I take quite seriously. To see that they learn right from wrong, not to judge someone by the colour of their skin, or where they come from.
2) Drugs : Never touched them, not even seen any. I honestly don't even know anyone who has taken drugs (well, aside from someone with MS, who has used cannabis extract). I don't even smoke. Just one question though, I would hazard a guess that all those poppy fields in Afghanistan and Pakistan aren't just there to make the place look pretty. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4687996.stm
3) Break-down of respect for parents and elders: Total bull. I owe everything to my parents, and if at the end of my years I can honestly say I've been half the man my father is, then I will know I've done well. "If looking after elderly parents "spoils the weekends and holidays"" I'll be sure to point that out my parents at the weekend, when the whole family is round having tea. Oh and we're also off on holiday this year ( /me adds up), lets see, that would be 14 of us. I'm glad you told me family life was disintigrated, otherwise I wouldn't have realised.
4) Divorce: I can hand on heart say that only one person in my family has been divorced, and that was due to her husband being to handy with his fists which, as far as I can tell from this MB, is also a valid reason for divorce in Islam.
You've taken every negative aspect of society, rolled it all together, and said this is the west. TBH I'm amazed you didn't call us all paedophiles as well.