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originally posted by: kaylaluv
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: kaylaluv
a reply to: DBCowboy
I wish you would do that with all the bad people who kill others with guns.
I have never shied away from calling out "bad people with guns".
Simply because "bad people with guns" won't kill/rape my family if I speak out.
Why don't you gather up all the other peaceful people who own guns and kick the sh^# out of those bad guys and stop them?
originally posted by: MysticPearl
What's your solution? I have yet to come across one person who's argued "all Muslims aren't a threat" who have instead offered a solution to the extremist problem.
originally posted by: peck420
originally posted by: MysticPearl
What's your solution? I have yet to come across one person who's argued "all Muslims aren't a threat" who have instead offered a solution to the extremist problem.
Stop feeding the head of the snake our money, material resources, and international protection?
It's come up more than a couple of times.
originally posted by: kaylaluv
a reply to: DBCowboy
Sorry, but you haven't done a very good job, as there are still plenty of gun deaths in the U.S. every year. Death by terrorists in this country on the other hand? Minuscule in comparison.
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Forensick
Oh great, another Muslim bashing thread.
What about that Muslim shopkeeper in Glasgow? Would you have run the fella out of town?
I already explained that I would just ignore Muslims.
All of the other 'suggestions' are simply hyperbole by you and other people that want to deny the problem exists.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: Metallicus
You hate Liberty.
That is all I can take away from this thread. You hate Liberty, you hate freedom, you love your enemy and despise your nation enough to dishonour it. That is the only message one can take away from this thread. Why? Because you should love your Liberty enough that you would rather die than compromise the principles of freedom and equality which your nations very constitution insists upon.
Clearly, you have no respect for your nation, its people, or its future. If you had, you would be prepared to die free, rather than live under a system which shackles people purely because they share elements of their religion with dangerous persons.
Your hypocrisy is ASTOUNDING in its scale on this issue. Mindboggling would be another appropriate term.
Now you could say that anyone could be dangerous and this is true, but the fact is the percentage of 'radical' Muslims is much higher than in the general population and it is easier to assume they are dangerous than to try to figure out their intent.
originally posted by: nonspecific
originally posted by: Metallicus
I don't dispute that there are many peaceful Muslims who would never hurt anyone. I believe there are kind and loving Muslim people in the world. The problem is I can't tell the difference and there really are 10-20% of Muslims who will kill you or worse because of their ideology. How am I supposed to tell the difference? Sociopaths are inherently difficult to identify and I don't have the tools or the inclination to determine which of these people is 'good' and which are 'bad'.
The main problem I have is I don't NEED to have Muslim people in my life so why should I risk having them around me? I don't have the tools or time to make a decision about every Muslim person I meet. This doesn't mean I don't treat them with respect when I run into them, but it does mean I am not going to intentionally have a relationship with one either.
Now you could say that anyone could be dangerous and this is true, but the fact is the percentage of 'radical' Muslims is much higher than in the general population and it is easier to assume they are dangerous than to try to figure out their intent.
I am not calling for discrimination or telling others what to do, but I am saying for ME it is easier to avoid these people than take a risk that 1 in 5 or so of these people would like to kill me, rape me or enslave me for not believing in their Allah.
I am not trained to decide who is dangerous or who is not nor do I possess ESP. Mathematically speaking it is easier to assume they are dangerous than take a 20% risk.
I have not read any of the replies from you or others yet but I am hoping this is one of those "clever" threads that seeks to make a statement by doing the exact opposite.
I have a feeling that this is not the case however.
A simple test would be to look up crime demographics in your area.
Who is most likely to commit a violent crime against you in the area in which you live?
If it's more likely to be a Muslim then your OP makes sense, if not then I think you are going to have to rethink your ideas a little.
originally posted by: whatnext21
We don't know who is radical and who isn't. If family and friends claim they never showed their radical side and were good boys and girls, how is a non-believer supposed to know the difference?