Originally posted by ecoparity
reply to post by silencer
You're absolutely right to be offended by some of those misconceptions but there is no need to mix personal attacks in with your rebuttal. Attack the
information / ignorance, not the messenger.
You may be right, but in this case he is not the messenger. These are his own thoughts and opinions which clearly show what IQ level his brain is
operating at. He has his right to spewing garbage, so do I. If I must be punished for attacking him, he should be punished first for attacking logic,
common sense and decency.
The problem is that those among the religion who choose to engage in terrorism do not wear uniforms or distinguish themselves as being different in
any way other than their actions. This is unfortunate as it paints a lot of decent people with the same brush.
The real problem is when you look at the situation as US versus 'Terrorists'. The solution lies in figuring out what is compelling people to go to
such extreme measures. Maybe the US military bombed a Iraqi village and caused some Iraqi guy to lose his family, home, everything. If he then picks
up arms and declares Jihad on the US, who is to blame??? The Iraqi has nothing to lose at this point, you cannot change him, so what is the
solution???
Not all Christians believe in the Old Testament instructions as being acceptable in modern times. The majority of Muslims feel the same way
about the more brutal and ancient aspects of the Koran. The difference is we do not have Western nations run by old testament bible
theocracies.
This statement of yours has no backing whatsoever. Please provide proof that 'majority' of Muslims feel that way. I lived in the middle east for 18
years so I was naturally surrounded by Muslims, and I never met a single Muslim who felt that way about the Quran. In fact, when people attack the
Quran or the Prophet, even the moderate Muslims consider it as a direct attack on their personal beliefs.
The whole Mohammad cartoon thing caused global anger, why is that?? In Christian religion, it is ok to make statues, cartoons, caricatures, paintings,
murals, etc. of Jesus. In Islam, it is prohibited to depict the prophet in any such form. You don't see Muslim newspapers making cartoons of Jesus in
an offending manner, so why does the west feel the need to do that to them.
In fact, I see western television always mocking Christianity, so why not make a cartoon about evil Producers. Just because it is accepted in the west
and no one cares about Jesus being made fun of, does not give you the right to blatantly insult other religions too.
That's where the problem lies. Freedom of speech is taken way to far over here. And the hypocricy is amazing. Try yelling 'bomb' at a airport and
see if they don't tackle your sorry butt to the ground and taze you. What happens to freedom of speech then.
Then people argue that it's a matter of security. Well, pissing off billions of people across the globe is also a matter of a much bigger
security.
The only complaint I have for the Muslim community in general is that it does not do enough to remove those elements of it's own.
Why is the Muslim community responsible for removing these 'elements'. Because they share the same religion?? By your logic, every black cop and LEO
should be responsible for removing black criminals from society. Every white man should be responsible for every white criminal out there.
The problem here is, that a rape story will have a headline "22 yr old man brutally raped a 13 yr old girl and strangled her". But if the rapist is
muslim then the headline reads "22 yr old Muslim male brutally murdered....".
That's when the religion bashing starts and the burden falls on the Muslims to clear their name and wash their hands off all this????
