With all due respect these hysterical responses are totally missing the point.
Who in this thread is defending the atrocities committed by warped Islamic terrorists?
NOBODY that I've seen.
I was addressing these knee-jerk extremists who see pictures like the one you posted and suggest we totally outlaw the religion of Islam.
I thought we had religious freedom in America?
Or don't you believe in that anymore?
You speak of Freedoms, lets examine that.
Freedom does not allow for the destruction of life and limb in the name of religion. Nor does it allow for the mass murder on a grotesque scale of those that your religion might refer to as "infidels". It sure as hell does not allow for those like a vertain fella named bin laden to go and obtain nukes or other "fun" way of converting others.
I have to wonder if you read what your post, most of it being drivel. You say you do not like islam, etc., but seem to think that they are just like any other peaceable religion.
Again, I ask you to see the results of what that religion likes to profess. Of course, we can just let them keep at it--all in the name of "Freedom of Religion".
"I thought we had religious freedom in America"
Your error is in assuming islam to be a valid religion...it is not.
islam is more of a Contagion that slowly slithers across civilization killing, raping, and maiming in the name of some cardboard entity called allah...(may he roast in pig fat)
Excuse double post...I got swordfish's screen name wrong on first try...