Oh really? Cause i definately feel a kind of aggression vibe from any muslim i talk to. They really dont seem to like me as a white... Fair enough they don't want to chop my head off but they are just as prejudiced (if not more) than the average westener. (maybe its just my personality )
I don't see "fear" as the right word for the feelings of most Americans on this topic. "Righteous anger" would be more accurate. Americans know that only those brave few who stick their necks out for their beliefs will be endangered by the head choppers. Right now, if you stay in Chicago, your neck is safe. Now, if your job or your volunteer activities sent your to any one of dozens of Islamic countries -- your neck would be at risk. Of everyone on the forum, I am probably the second most likely to get my head chopped off and I am not afraid of it at all. I am offended by the merest suggestion of it. I am angry that human beings can be so pathetically stupid. However, there is no fear. I recently volunteered to do a two-month tour overseas. I'll be working to help bring this Islamic country into the modern world. Why? Because its the right thing to do.
Thank you for that Will. It is so much easier to criticize, and play the "guilt filled" American role, than actually do something productive. Glad I'm not a FIB. I only hope this is not indicative of all of them, the live voters that is...
Nope, another case of muslim men hiding behind women and children to kill infidels. Gives them a bit of safety while seeking virgins and with the right journalists, makes them look like victims by pushing women and children out front to take a bullet for them.
I believe they are capable of making excuses for it. How about you? The London bombers were just "average" muslims. School teacher, students, one just received a brand new Mercedes Benz. So yes, quite clearly "average" muslims are capable.
I think it depends on where exactly you are in Chicago. There are plenty of areas I wouldn't dare enter.
Read the thread - I was referring to statements Mike made in reference to muslims, not Islam. Yes you can - who's stopping you? Is it god? George Bush?
Is that some sort of conditional criteria? I think not. One must not profess their ideas and beliefs to hold them dear. Are you using the baited question of no significant value to diminish the acts in question?
So because no Muslim has ever expressed joy to me over heads being chopped off, that means that no Muslim is in favor of what those guys were doing, right? According to that logic Hitler was the only one responsible for the Holocaust and every prison inmate is innocent.
<off topic>wow, it's so refreshing to read some sensible posts from Mia, GTech and Will ... shit, I was about to lose it last night </off topic>
If one million "Arab muslims" were not living in Israel, and equally given the right to vote, etc., you might have a point. But using terms like "illegal occupation" (of which is non-existent) and glorifying those that have spent the last 60 years resorting to violence instead of building a peaceful society and raising children specifically to be suicide bombers makes your argument weak. Sure, I'll bite. I'm the average palestinian teenager. First question...how can I be sure I'll really get 72 virgins? The London bombers were promised 80 virgins. Can I bargain for more virgins? Why is Israel doing so good and we're doing so bad? Why doesn't the world reward violence? If we leave Israel alone and let them keep the land we stole from them in the first place, could we build our country up like theirs were people go to work to earn a living instead of swarming around blown up cars with ak-47s? Will my parents forgive me for not being a martyr? How will the rest of the islamic world see us, if we declare peace with the sons of pigs and apes?
Ah, now I know why such a large precentage of dead vote. There are more dead voters in Chi-Town. Gotcah...
Case in point. Sharon (before his stroke) to the dismay and displeasure of many, gave them the West Bank. It took all of 3 days for them to turn it into a ghetto shit hole like the rest of the land they lay claim to.
I don't need to re-read the thread. islam, nor muslims, are a race. Weak argument, no skills involved, try harder. Surely that's not the best you have? No one's stopping stopping you from answering the question, except you.