Haven't you heard of the Old Testament?

You'll find much the same written there.

Look at your language. "We". By implication that's "us" and "them".

You're doing exactly what George W. Bush wanted when he said you're either with him or against him in his war against terror.

It's a false dichotomy. And so many people have fallen for it, hook, line and sinker.

Have you considered the possibility that you, most non-Muslims, most Muslims, me and countless others need not exist in the category of "us" or "them".

We can have our own category (if we even need a category in the first place). You can denounce acts of terror committed by Islamic extremists and denounce the actions of the West in terms of what happens in Abu Ghraib, etc.

It's not rocket science.

Don't you see that many Muslims can say exactly that and be scarcely no more wrong than you are?

Our governments have been responsible for slaughtering far more Muslim civilians in the Middle-East over the last fifteen years than Islamic extremists have slaughtered innocent civilians from Western nations.

As soon as you look at it that way, "we" don't actually have much of a lead in terms of moral high ground.

You're far brighter than this, pal. This isn't approved of, let alone sanctioned, by Islamic leaders. The same for the vast majority of Muslims.

You might as well look at the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland and say the same thing about Catholics. Or the Loyalist paramilitaries and say the same things about Protestants.

It's immensely unfair on the vast majority of those in the Muslim community. And attitude like that is fuel for extremist elements. They prey upon the marginalised.

By making that comment, you'are marginalising people.

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Edited by paladisious: 25/3/2016 12:48:58 AM