Re: NPR fires Williams over Muslim fears » GetReligion

On Oct 22, 2010, at 2:03 PM, Karl wrote:

> Unfortunately, I think that it should be said.  There are just too
> many people right now who equate all Muslims with terrorists.  It is a
> sad fact.  The context of this whole episode was Bill O'Reilly saying
> "Muslims attacked us on 9/11" and the ladies of The View walking out
> until he clarified himself.  Even if you ignore all of the obvious
> discriminatory problems, If you keep telling people they are
> terrorists, they just might become one.
>
> ***yea but that was a stupid point on their part.  I think most  
> people accept
> and understand that the extremists were a faction and the ladies on  
> The View
> were going overboard.  The people who attacked us *were*, they did  
> so with the
> blessings of their mosques, they did so specifically in the name of  
> their faith
> as a tenant of their faith and in their minds to be compliant with  
> the dogma of
> their faith.

Yeah, but what faith...the faith of the typical Muslim?  No.  It was  
an extremist sect.

>> But the war that has been declared on the West is an
>> explicitly holy war -- devised, funded, and carried out by
>> self-identified Muslims. This is a fact. Whether or not friendly,
>> peaceful Muslims endorse their actions is immaterial to how we must
>> respond.
>
> I disagree.  The fact that it is a tiny tiny minority of Muslims that
> support this holy war should mitigate our response to Muslims in
> general.
>
> **are you really sure?

Yes.

> How tiny is tiny tiny?

Maybe 10-20 thousand.  But even if it is 100k, I believe there are 1  
Billion Muslims.
that's what  .01%?

regards,
-Lance


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