reply to post by Myrdyn
"It appears that your kind of violence is okay and theirs is not."
Our kind of violence? Like Muslims do not commit the same kind of violent crimes as people in the west?
"You are intollerant of their moral values because they are different to yours."
You betcha, especially when they come to our nations and start demanding that we conform to their moral values. I reserve the right to condone anyone
who does things that I do not agree with. If you see your neighbor beating his wife, are you going to look away because he thinks this is acceptable
behavior?
"It's also difficult to condone a violent response to such an action."
I disagree, I think that it should be made well known that if someone commits a violent act against others, society will not only condone a violent
act against them, they will employ people to carry out these violent acts. That is why we have police and courts. It is called justice.
"You are tarring a whole ethnic group with the same brush. Do you think Muslims reckon all Americans shoot groups of defenceless schoolchildren?
Seems to be a fairly frequent occurrance these days, but anyone with half a brain would know that is not the case."
I don't think all Muslims cut babies heads off, and I never implied that. What I am saying is that this type of a crime does seem to be something
more identified with Muslim culture, as I originally stated.
It's not like others do not criticize our culture. Am I fueling hate between groups, or am I standing up for my own particular group in the face of
what I see as constant aggression on the part of others.
It seems to me that it is better to air ones differences than to wait until these differences boil over into hostility.
You might be better to ask what types of violent behavior makes a statement about different cultures. Are certain cultures more likely to commit
certain types of crimes?
