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Originally Posted by bimmertl
Let's simplify things. Nobody defends any kind of terrorists, whatever their affiliation is. So no need to keep beating that dead horse.
Still waiting for your answer as to how you recognize radical Muslims, which you clearly stated you are capable of in post #16. Give us all insight as to what to look for so we may all gain from your knowledge.
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One problem with the 'question' posed is its seeming simplicity when, in fact, it avoids the real problem of the clear and present danger that radical Islamists pose to those of us who are not of their religion. After the fact identification is almost worthless. It certainly does no good to the victims or their families. But studying these creatures' history can yield information which may help us to stave off future World Trade Centers or massacres at Christian churches.
How do doctors 'recognize' a person with pre-diagnosed cancer? Its all too often invisible to the untrained or unequipped eye. What does the doctor do? Seeks its location and and aggressively attack the cancer at its source and destroy it if possible before it kills the patient. That is sensible. That is plain self preservation which is a basic human necessity and quality.
I believe the analogy is on point when talking about that percentage of Muslims who are radicalized and bent on primitive ways of violence towards us.
How do I 'recognize' a radical Muslim? Neither I nor Gracie nor any of us can do so physically, and to ask us how seems to be intentionally coy and without valid purpose.
We rely on those who do have the intelligence gathering capabilities and analytical wherewithal to "identify" those who teach hate and spread the hate and act in manners consistent with evil motives. If some person openly advocates killing 'infidels', well yes I can identify him or her as a terrorist. But they don't do that, do they?
This is a crisis unfortunately and in a crisis a democracy may be compelled to do things out of the ordinary. Lincoln abandoned habeas corpus and FDR countenanced the odious internment of our Japanese fellow Americans.
I'd rather intelligence based 'profiling' with some mistakes than trying to occupy some fantasy land 'moral high ground' which is neither really moral nor based in reality.
And for those who parrot the Rosie O'Donnell "Oh yeah? How about the Crusades?" sound bytes - please, actually read the history and see how silly and embarrassing that stance is.