08-22-2003, 01:24 PM
That may be part of their appeal, like the idealized Communism that Marx envisioned: an abstraction that could not pay off. The same comment has been made about the eternal life promise of Christianity: the pay off never has to be proven, and can't be, yet, since no one has come back yet to report on how that works out, any more than any of the suicide bombers has come back to report on how nifty the 17 virgins feeding them dates and soothing their cares has worked out.
The power of an idea is not always balanced by the idea being ideal in implementation. :D
The power of an idea is not always balanced by the idea being ideal in implementation. :D
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete