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originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
Should we make them wear a badge, thereby making it easier for citizens to identify the people they must assume are dangerous?
Who suggested this? Not me.
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: kaylaluv
Don't forget about all those illegals from south of the border who are all rapists and murderers. How can you tell a legal from an illegal just from looking at them? For that matter, how do you know when someone is a Muslim or not? In America, they don't all wear burkas and turbans.
I have an idea... if you've got brown skin, you're bad. Got it.
It is disingenuous to try to ascribe your hyperbole to me.
originally posted by: Forensick
Oh great, another Muslim bashing thread.
What about that Muslim shopkeeper in Glasgow? Would you have run the fella out of town?
originally posted by: MysticPearl
I can't believe some here want to "bash" a quasi- religious and political structure which has members chopping of heads, participating in mass rape of both girls and boys, stones people to death, throws gays off rooftops and to top it off, is responsible for dozens upon dozens of bombings and killing across the globe in the last few years alone, never mind their blood-filled history of fighting wars with non-believers.
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: Metallicus
Its funny that people ignore what was said in my OP and try to ascribe additional hyperbole in an effort to discredit my statement instead of actually engaging with what I ACTUALLY SAID.
I said, based on the high number of Muslims that are radicalized I will be assuming they are dangerous because I don't have the skills or time to decide which is which. I said I personally will avoid Muslims.
Anything else you are ascribing to me is BS.
originally posted by: Metallicus
I don't dispute that there are many peaceful Muslims who would never hurt anyone. I believe there are kind and loving Muslim people in the world. The problem is I can't tell the difference and there really are 10-20% of Muslims who will kill you or worse because of their ideology. How am I supposed to tell the difference? Sociopaths are inherently difficult to identify and I don't have the tools or the inclination to determine which of these people is 'good' and which are 'bad'.
The main problem I have is I don't NEED to have Muslim people in my life so why should I risk having them around me? I don't have the tools or time to make a decision about every Muslim person I meet. This doesn't mean I don't treat them with respect when I run into them, but it does mean I am not going to intentionally have a relationship with one either.
Now you could say that anyone could be dangerous and this is true, but the fact is the percentage of 'radical' Muslims is much higher than in the general population and it is easier to assume they are dangerous than to try to figure out their intent.
I am not calling for discrimination or telling others what to do, but I am saying for ME it is easier to avoid these people than take a risk that 1 in 5 or so of these people would like to kill me, rape me or enslave me for not believing in their Allah.
I am not trained to decide who is dangerous or who is not nor do I possess ESP. Mathematically speaking it is easier to assume they are dangerous than take a 20% risk.
originally posted by: Metallicus
It is a personal decision.
originally posted by: MysticPearl
Which other segment of the world's population is going around beheading people and blowing themselves up because of capitalism and NATO?