CNN: “Residents of nine Muslim countries called the
(Source: The Gallup Poll of 9,924 adults in nine Islamic countries. Number sampled in each country: Pakistan 2,043; Iran 1,501; Indonesia 1,050; Turkey 1,019; Lebanon 1,010; Morocco 1,000; Kuwait 790; Jordan 757; Saudi Arabia 754. Margin of error: +/-2 percentage points in Pakistan, +/-4 percentage points in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait; +/-3 percentage points in all other countries. Totals might not add up to 100% because of rounding or other responses not shown. The interviews were conducted between December and January. The respondents were randomly selected and did not know a
Well, the poll appears accurate. And the “residents” appear representative of their countries’ populaces. If so, I call each and every one of these countries (and their residents generally ) slovenly stupid, incredibly duped or self-duping, and in outrageous denial of established realities.
For instance, upon the subject of who is responsible:
Did Arab Groups carry out Septemeber 11 attacks?
Yes: 18%
No: 61%
Are they denying that Osama bin Laden is/was an Arab and head of an Arab group? Or are they disputing Osama’s own bragging responsibility for the madness? Or is it simply the kneejerk reaction of religious and nationalistic fanatics automatically denying any responsibility ever for anything that tries to link even the least pejorative thing to the sacredly unblemishable descriptor “Arab” ? Or are we witnessing a popular phenomenon in countries which lack a free press but where religiously-generated nationalistic propaganda suppresses free thinking? Fucking stupid idiots.
Now ponder this:
Morally justified: 15%
Morally unjustified: 67%
Were the 15% here the same 18% in the first question? In other words, do these 15% believe that the attacks were morally justified because they were carried out by Arabs. If 50% believed that the attacks were carried out by Arabs, would the same 50% believe they were also morally justified? There is no such correlative evidence here presented, but neither is it dismissed—so I speculate—but I don’t believe so wildly.
Think about it: about 1 out of 6 of the people in these countries must have praised Allah and celebrated the destruction of 9-11 and probably would enjoy an even more gruesome sequel, too. Such sick bastards in such phenomenally sizable magnitudes equal morbidly sick societies.
There isn’t a religious society with national political power that doesn’t suck. Never has been. Never will be. Welcome to the trans-millenial unshakeable ignorance of religiousity unleashed. They make our "godless" communist enemies of the Cold War look, in hindsight, like prudent, thoughtful gentlemen.
| True | Not true | Don't know | |
| Lebanon | 42% | 58% | 0% |
| Turkey | 46% | 43% | 11% |
| Kuwait | 11% | 89% | 0% |
| Indonesia | 20% | 74% | 6% |
| Jordan | NA | NA | NA |
| Morocco | NA | NA | NA |
| Saudi Arabia | NA | NA | NA |
| Iran | 15% | 59% | 26% |
| Pakistan | 4% | 86% | 10% |
| Total | 18% | 61% | 21% |
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