"Still waiting to see Muslims taking to the streets to show outrage over 9/11. . .but I'm smart enough to not hold my breath."
I'm still waiting for the white supremacists to take to the streets to show outrage over Oklahoma City.
I'm also still waiting for the Pro Lifers to take to the streets to show outrage for the Birmingham and Atlanta bombings.
I'm still waiting for both Protestants and Catholics to take to the streets to show outrage for all of the IRA's despicable terrorism.
But...I don't hold any of the individuals in these groups responsible, anymore than I hold Ali Baba running the local 7-11 responsible for 9-11.
The differences:
White supremacists don't call themselves a peaceful religion. I don't expect them to show ANY outrage over Oklahoma City. They're in the same boat as the Muslims.
Pro-lifers DO take to the streets. I know. I do it myself with them. It just doesn't get to the media when we protest violence. The media would rather portray the pro-life position as kooky than as reasoned.
On the IRA, I'll admit, I don't understand what the deal was there, but as I do understand it, BOTH sides were crazy.
The problem with holding no individual responsible for the groups actions, is that then NO ONE is responsible for anything. Psychologists call this the "diffusion of responsibility."
Making excuses for the lack of Muslim outrage because some other group didn't show outrage for their group's reprehensible actions is an indefensible position in my opinion. Especially in light of the outrage shown over a stupid cartoon drawing . . .
But, hey, maybe you'll like speaking Arabic and wiping yourself left-handed. ;)