The Middle Path... NOT!!

Isn't it interesting how religious extremists work? The nitpick the little things, but when they mess up, the mess up BAD. It reminds me of some Muslims who come to America and oscillate between being really, really opressively strict... and total abandonment of any religious practices (drinking, womanizing). Taken to the level of REAL religious extremism, you get this:

When the Taliban ordered Afghanistan's fields cleared of opium poppies seven years ago because of Islam's ban on drugs, fearful farmers complied en masse.

Today, officials say the militia nets tens of millions by forcing farmers to plant poppies and taxing the harvest, driving the country's skyrocketing opium production to fund the fight against what they consider an even greater evil — U.S. and
NATO troops.

(snip)

"Originally they said 'It's bad for you, it's against Islam,' but when they realized how much money they could make off of it they said it was OK to grow but not consume it."

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