On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:18:22 +0000, randall g wrote:

You can trust atheists to not want
to die

There was an interesting OpEd piece in the Oct 12 NYTimes. It claims that
N. Korea should not be properly viewed as "Stalinist" (ie. the "atheist"
designation is incorrect).

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/opinion/12myers.html

...

This sort of cultural profiling, however, can get us into real danger.
Japan’s emperor during World War II, Hirohito, was neither religious
nor suicidal, and he led his nation into a war that no rational leader
could have hoped to win. The point is relevant, because although
journalists persist in calling North Korea a Stalinist state, its
worldview is far closer to that of fascist Japan.

...

I cannot speak to the accuracy of the piece, but it was interesting
reading.

- Andrew