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Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
reply to post by thePharaoh
Catalyst? Well..I'm just spit balling here...but I think seeing an off-duty soldier get his head cut clean off on a major avenue, in broad daylight and then hear the murderers claim pride in the action as a form of fighting for Islam might have had a little to do with it. No Jews this time. Gotta look at the much simpler reasoning for the immediacy of the problem, I believe.
I'm actually quite happy to have seen a 'majority' as it's described, within the Muslim community condemn the street actions and the more recent ones with a seeming pack of roving hoodlums out pulling more mischief in the name of their religion.
It's refreshing to see Muslims calling out Muslims for their evil and wrongdoing for a change.
Perhaps progress is made. Perhaps not...
but it's a nice change from the old paradigm of "us vs. them" with no room on either side for intelligence or level headed thinking.
In the UK, it is worse and in its final stages...
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
reply to post by thePharaoh
From what I understand in having read a great deal from what our British members have posted in the past about the EDL, they seem to represent one side's extreme while the head choppers who commit murder in the street represent the other extreme.
Both extremes are downright unhealthy for any society and can't much be tolerated, IMO. Especially when the Muslim community is openly, personally, coming out to condemn the actions of the few.
The way I look at it is simple. There are 1.3 Billion Muslims on Earth. If that religion were evil, inherently violent as it's practiced today or somehow against the West as a universal tenet? This would have been a MUCH shorter war ...and we'd have lost it.
300 million Americans has us outnumbered by 1 Billion pissed off Muslims ....had that actually been the reality of it.
Just my thoughts.
and that dude probably knew the soldier...and had a history with him
Originally posted by Argyll
reply to post by thePharaoh
and that dude probably knew the soldier...and had a history with him
What exactly do you mean by that statement?
dude werent in uniform just a random dude... i dunno if they saw him comming out of the barracks but the police havent said a word.... this is all journalism which is why im trying to keep a open mind untill i see what the police report.
the terrorism angle could only be a fraction for the motive. yes,no?
Originally posted by Argyll
Hmm....he was outside the army barracks when the attack happened.....he was wearing a "Help For Hero's" sweat shirt....the vile scum that murdered him spoke on camera explaining what he had done......to whom....... and why.