Posted on 10/25/2001 2:52:11 PM PDT by FresnoDA
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I'm not sure I believe that. They've been killing Hindus for quite some time, read some of the Hindu web sites about Islam -- it's quite informative...
Fitz, please. I barely have time to read FR.
Look, the problem we have here is that you feel that the average Muslim carries 'hatred' for the West, the East, Hindus, Jews, America etc. But they don't. Yes, their religion can be a bit fundamentalist depending on geography but most of them are principally concerned with the same things we all worry about- bills, taxes, and how the kids are doing. This fixation you've developed is not reflected in reality. There is no collectivist Muslim viewpoint. I've been around long enough to remember when the West viewed the Soviet Union as a collective monolith who thought with one mind, much in the way you do now with the Muslims. And that public perception had been steadily developed by the security services and the media; the same people who are pushing the "Muslims=terrorists" view, now. Because they advantage themselves financially, by pushing that barrow. Well, the CIA's propaganda proved to be untrue, and after the USSR's collapse we suddenly 'discovered' that it had been riven with disunity, from Estonia to Chechnya. So what I am saying to you is, look beyond the spin and the CNN shock horror footage. Their goal is ratings, not telling you the truth. And look for the best in people, instead of assuming the worst. If you've got time to scan 'Hindu sites' then why not go along to a mosque or some Islamic centre and strike up a conversation? Get the facts for yourself instead of via filters that make their profits from keeping you in a state of frenzied apprehension.
What's that mean, 'yet they allow'? How could they stop him? There's no linkage in those two territorial issues at all. This idea you're professing, whereby Arabs swim and turn as one, like a school of mullet, is so wrong. Do you really think the 'Arab Muslims' in Iraq can stop Hussein?
Hey, Timestax : instead of all these bloodcurdling threats, and bumps without number, how about actually responding to issues raised in the replies? Give your brain a bit of a workout, because from what we've seen it could do with one.
I read that Digest article too. That Arab Muslim couldn't face the thought of innocent people being killed and so at great personal risk went to the cops. Let's keep his example in mind when we're talking about deporting all Muslims 'just in case.'
The blabberers aren't primarily interested in terrorism or reason for that matter. The truth of the matter is that they don't like non-white people.
I hope there are more like him, but I am not convinced there are too many. Even a Pakistani Muslim I knew, who used to be my friend, BTW, approves of terrorist activity against the west. I haven't spoken to him for years, so I don't know what he thinks of Sept 11th.
And he couldn't speak English so they almost missed his message. Just because a rare one has a conscience doesn't mean we should be letting many terrorists who hate us come into this country. The others were here to kill American citizens.
I agree, Fitz, most of the time they would be right. Read my 416, about a Pakistani Muslim, who used to be my friend till he started telling me he agreed with terrorists. He ceased being my frind that day. From what I have seen and heard, and from having lived in the Middle East myself, his opinion is the majority one.
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