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originally posted by: Yossarian
originally posted by: norhoc
originally posted by: Yossarian
originally posted by: norhoc
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: norhoc
because we are different that it must be something we did to them, that it must be our fault. But that is not the case
So you ignore 100 years of meddling by the West in the middle east. Maybe you should read some history
I am very well read in history thank you. You can choose to be blind to the fact that are being presented to you on a daily basis that's up to youu
Can you explain why they kill so many fellow Muslims?
Sure I can, although I am getting tired of repeating myself and becoming a skipping record. They kill other Muslims because they don't worship Islam the same way that they do . It is the same reason they kill Westerners because we don't believe in the religion that they do.
Right, so they are not just killing Westerners for not being Muslim. They are killing people who don't live up to their standards. Don't pick and choose elements to make your point.
how can people say we need to just leave their land, when there are 2 other religions that were there long before Islam was around.
originally posted by: norhoc
originally posted by: Malynn
a reply to: norhoc
The fact that you use the phrase "innocent people for no reason" shows you are EXACTLY the type of person I described in my original post in this thread. NOTHING happens without a reason. And the REASON is not their religion.
The reason is their religion, the reason is that the Quran says to kill infidels where they stand their religion preaches convert all non believers. And as far as innocent people are you telling me all those people that were killed in Paris ,France or in the World Trade Center were all guilty of something ?That they were not innocent people just out on a Friday night trying to live their life
originally posted by: Malynn
a reply to: norhoc
Again, no. You don't get to try to twist YOUR words into making it seem as if I implied the victims somehow deserved their fate or were guilty of something.
If you had actually studied the things you claim to have studied you would know how wrong you are.
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: norhoc
how can people say we need to just leave their land, when there are 2 other religions that were there long before Islam was around.
Land or lands? Which countries are you talking about - the Babylonian empire preceded Greeks Hebrews Christianity...
you cant keep throwing mud around hoping some will stick. What exactly are you trying to say - you're all over the place.
originally posted by: norhoc
originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
originally posted by: norhoc
Everyone keeps wanting to over complicate answers to this question with answers about our economic policy in the middle East or support of Israel or our presence in the middle East. Really it is a very short answer. They hate and want to kill us because we are not Muslim. That's it ,end of story. If we had completely kept ourselves out of anything to do with them they would still hate and want to kill us.
You know I have spent about a decade researching and studding Islamic terrorism, by that i do not mean as a keyboard warrior I mean I have actually spent time reading the academic literature, reading the history of this phenomenon in depth and even taking some university level study into the topic. I say this not to sound arrogant but rather to let you know that when i say you obviously do not know what you are talking about i say it as someone who clearly has more informed views on this.
If you truly understood this threat you would not be so quick to simplify it so harshly.
I have studied extensively Islam ,Christianity ,Judaism ,Hinduism and Buddhism so you can get off your high horse that you are so well studied ,so am I. And my point remains, no other religion ,while they have had people commit violence in their name has at its core violence.
originally posted by: norhoc
I am not a religious person,but, how can people say we need to just leave their land, when there are 2 other religions that were there long before Islam was around. What gives them claim over Jews or Christians? Again I am not religious at all but I am able to look at all sides. If you honestly believe if we just left "their lands" they would not attack non Muslims when it says in the Quran to attack and defeat non believers where they stand then you are to naive to debate with.
originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
originally posted by: norhoc
originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
originally posted by: norhoc
Everyone keeps wanting to over complicate answers to this question with answers about our economic policy in the middle East or support of Israel or our presence in the middle East. Really it is a very short answer. They hate and want to kill us because we are not Muslim. That's it ,end of story. If we had completely kept ourselves out of anything to do with them they would still hate and want to kill us.
You know I have spent about a decade researching and studding Islamic terrorism, by that i do not mean as a keyboard warrior I mean I have actually spent time reading the academic literature, reading the history of this phenomenon in depth and even taking some university level study into the topic. I say this not to sound arrogant but rather to let you know that when i say you obviously do not know what you are talking about i say it as someone who clearly has more informed views on this.
If you truly understood this threat you would not be so quick to simplify it so harshly.
I have studied extensively Islam ,Christianity ,Judaism ,Hinduism and Buddhism so you can get off your high horse that you are so well studied ,so am I. And my point remains, no other religion ,while they have had people commit violence in their name has at its core violence.
I know i shouldn't but i read that and i burst out laughing.
The notion that you could over simplify such a complex issue then tell me that you have extensively studied it is a oxymoron if ever i have seen one. Islamic terrorism is a massively complex political socio-economic that to say "they hate us because we are not Muslim" is almost the definition of ignorance on this subject.
Now yes i know you like everyone else does not like to be called out on their own ignorance and you will insist that you have a in-depth understanding of the subject of Islamic terrorism. You might even want to try to show off a little bit by doing some google fact searching just so you can awe us all with your extensive knowledge on the subject.
But at the end of the day anyone who tries to simplify this the way you do obviously has not understanding of the complex nature of terrorism.
Please do yourself a favour and actually to the time to really research this a little bit more before making such ignorant claims then trying to stick by them as if you are some kind of authority on a subject that you quite obviously know nothing about.
originally posted by: Malynn
a reply to: LesMisanthrope
In our conflict with those countries they had armies and we had armies and we fought.
In the middle east we use our vast wealth and resources to do as we see fit, we use the CIA to influence their governments, and we use drones and the air force to rain death from the sky and no amount of collateral damage is deemed unacceptable to bag a "terrorist" 99% of the world has never heard of. The situations aren't really the same.
originally posted by: norhoc
And with that I am out. I have a life to live in my western civilation society that is sooo evil . And I am going to commit the sin of partaking in capitalism by shopping and enjoying my life that I am apparently supposed to feel guilty for.