Originally Posted by eweissenbach (Post 915362)

What faith was Timothy McVeigh? What faith was Adolph Hitler? What faith was Joseph Stalin? What faith was Pol Pot? What faith was Idi Amin? What faith was Benito Mussollini? What faith was Jim Jones? Evil comes I all forms and faiths. RADICAL Muslims are dangerous, as are radical Christians, radical Buddhists, radical Jews, radical atheists, and on and on.

Originally Posted by keywest (Post 915686)

That has been my question all along too, Suzi, about the silent majority of the rest of the Muslims across the world and in this country. If they do not want to be thought of as "okaying" the actions of the extremists , then speak up against against that faction of their religion that are carrying out their terrorist acts.

Originally Posted by Tennisnut (Post 915695)

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heaping an expectation on Muslims - to call out "their" criminals - is absurd when no similar expectation is placed on any other religious, ethnic, or ideological group. Is it appropriate for a white man to tell "the hispanics" to make proclamations against the drug trade? Why should a hispanic who has never even touched drugs speak out against drug lords? His abstention from engaging in the drug trade is condemnation enough. The same goes for Muslims and terrorism. If you want a Muslim to condemn terrorism, realize that he has done so by not engaging in it. Life becomes quite insufferable for Muslims if before speaking about any subject a Muslim is required to first "demonstrate" that he is not "on the side of the enemy.

Who wants speak out about bombing of Planned Parenthood centers?

Who wants to speak out about the White Arayan Front?

These are mostly "white" groups so I hope the The Village people are condemning these acts.

Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 915694)

Hi Coach: Dead is dead and i agree. Terrorism is terroism and I agree. Evil is evil and I agree. Timothy McVeigh, Adolph Hilter Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot Benito Mussollini did not do their evil based on religion but on domination and conquests. Jim Jones perhaps could be said did but was his really a religion.

Indeed the outcome was the same and a tragic one at that but lumping them all together in my view is wrong because of the the manner in which one goes about ridding themselves of vermin such as this.

Beside which we always fall back on two wrongs don't make a right. that is why I do not like to compare Presidents because each faced similar but different issues in their time

and once again the OP's question had to do with Muslims. I had always said women understand politics better than men in that if you ask them a question in an attempt to explain themselves you are going to get a question in reply....and that is what is happening on this thread.

Radical Muslims want to kill Jews, Christians and Buddhist, Hindu's other Muslims and their mantra is quite clear convert or go under the sword

Iran, Syria Afghanistan Yemen, etc believe theirs is a holy war

Originally Posted by bimmertl (Post 915367)

So you are saying you "look for" radical Muslims when you get on a plane? Exactly how do they look? That would help us all including the TSA.

Originally Posted by eweissenbach (Post 915362)

What faith was Timothy McVeigh? What faith was Adolph Hitler? What faith was Joseph Stalin? What faith was Pol Pot? What faith was Idi Amin? What faith was Benito Mussollini? What faith was Jim Jones? Evil comes I all forms and faiths. RADICAL Muslims are dangerous, as are radical Christians, radical Buddhists, radical Jews, radical atheists, and on and on.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 915581)

Or perhaps, are you afraid of people who will blow themselves up to kill large groups of people? IN TODAY'S WORLD. RIGHT NOW. Forget about history.

Originally Posted by eweissenbach (Post 915362)

What faith was Timothy McVeigh? What faith was Adolph Hitler? What faith was Joseph Stalin? What faith was Pol Pot? What faith was Idi Amin? What faith was Benito Mussollini? What faith was Jim Jones? Evil comes I all forms and faiths. RADICAL Muslims are dangerous, as are radical Christians, radical Buddhists, radical Jews, radical atheists, and on and on.

Originally Posted by Bonanza (Post 915536)

Originally Posted by redwitch (Post 915591)

I can't say I'm afraid of fanatics but I truly loathe them. Fanaticism is a true evil. Extremists have no boundaries, whether Islamics, Christians or of some other bent.

I can't say I blame many that hate America. While the American people are some of the most generous people that exist, the same cannot be said of our government. We've supported some truly evil regimes to protect American businesses and interests. Frequently at the expense of the people who lived there. Think of Vietnam, Nicaragua, Argentina, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, The Philippines and on and on. We haven't always been the good guys.

But, back to subject. Yes, there are Islamic extremists who want to destroy America. There are Nazis and skinheads in this country who see nothing wrong with maiming, torturing and killing those who are different or hold opposing views. There are religious fanatics in America who are more than willing to start modern-day Crusades. There are anti-abortion foes who think killing doctors and blowing up clinics with people inside is perfectly acceptable. So, I'm not afraid of Islamic extremists. I'm afraid of any group or person that is willing to harm others for their point of view. Evil is not limited to one group or one religion or one skin color.

Originally Posted by rdhdleo (Post 915734)

Excellent, VERY intelligent response and well said!

Originally Posted by Villages PL (Post 915744)

Really? How much thought was put into it with no context for any of the examples? Those dictators were either contained or defeated.

Muslim extremists have not been contained or defeated.