U.S. Muslims regret support for Bush, won’t repeat it in ’04

Wilmington Star ^ | 9-1-03 | Staff

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I'm familiar with him. He's also not my neighbor.

Good night.

[viaveritasvita]

>>"If he blows me up, you can say 'I told you so'...."<<


Just so long as your friend doesn't blow me or my friends up, too.

Your can't-we-all-just-get-along stance is sweet, but dangerously naive.

[BigAndy]

Oh dear. Let me think.

The Pope says a good deal of things that don't involve Holy War such as that contraception or abortion are evil. Billions of Christians around the world happily continue to disagree with him and ignore him. The reason they do this is because they overlay their own principles of personal responsibility and morality on to the statement from their religious leader and decide they don't agree with him.

What makes you think that rational, democratic, freedom-loving Muslims won't apply the same process to non-Orthodox preaching from minor Muslim leaders who carry no moral authority within the Muslim world? Or that they will ignore the vast majority of established, mainstream Muslim leaders who do not preach Holy War or Jihad.

At the core of your argument seems to be the idea that if you are a Muslim you cannot possibly tell the difference between good and evil, or overlay your sense of personal responsibility or morality on to anything said by any other Muslim. I think that view is unsustainable.

Or maybe at the core of your argument you just hate Muslims because they are Muslims. Again, that's unsustainable and has no place in this debate.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

You do realize you're talking about a man you don't know at all, right?

[Scenic Sounds]

LOL. Yeah, we're a lovable lot. I have no explanation for all the antipathy. ;-)

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Andy, you are an asset to this forum.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I am in a promising local band...

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Keep talking like that, and everybody is going to know what you do. LOL

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Oh? What's the name of it? (Make it good, Fairbanks. This thread needs some levity!)

[Scenic Sounds]

Your can't-we-all-just-get-along stance is sweet, but dangerously naive.

LOL. You sound like you need more love in your life. All you need is love. ;-)

Good night, all. Peace be with you. LOL. ;-)

[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, we used to be The Bathroom Party Psychopaths, but that was taken, so we ended up as Crazy Abdul and The Suicide Bombers...

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Better change it again. People on this thread aren't into taking any chances. : )

[Chad Fairbanks]

Hmmm... How about "Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Funkenstein"?

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Now you're scarin' me.

[viaveritasvita]

>>"You do realize you're talking about a man you don't know at all, right?"<<


The deeper, more important question is: How well do YOU really know this man?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Mo1? Is that you?

[viaveritasvita]

Dangerously and foolishly naive.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

And the obvious answer to that is: Better than any of you.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Ummmmmmm...no. : ) (Is this where I decide you are delusional, and I get to scream, "Snap out of it, man!!" and get a free slap across your face? : )

[viaveritasvita]

>>"And the obvious answer to that is: Better than any of you."<<


We'll all hope and pray that, when push comes to shove, you're right.