Replies

Please DO NOT mistake my sense of fairness for a lack of caution! There is a segment of the world population(unfortunately mostly Muslim) that are very worthy of our suspicion, indeed our condemnation. These individuals do not feel any compunction to be truthful, deal fairly, or to even spare our lives. As I have said before on these threads, I was warned years ago by various Middle Eastern university students, sponsored by my husband and I, that Americans have no concept of the depths these terrorists will delve in their sick attempts to injure and kill Americans. These young people came from countries that have battled terrorists for many years. They were all moderate Muslim and had often, themselves, faced threats in their home countries because their families were not radical extremists.

I hope you noticed that your quote could also apply to terrorists? These are their stated goals: to terrorize the public and media into recognizing them as being legitimate. Yassir Arafat has used this technique with particular success. He has fooled most of the press into seeing him as "legitimate" when, in fact, he is still only a terrorist!

I also recognize the need for people to vent! If we were to meet most of these individuals on the street, those making the radical statements, we would probably be impressed by their congeniality, even their kindness! You can not always judge people by the very radical things they say online.