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Originally Posted by Paul M
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Oh look, the second Straw Man.
(I really should have had a sealed envelope with predictions of all these in so I could open it and tick them off as they turned up
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Firstly can you *prove* that I am *more* at risk of "being blown up" by innocent Muslims being harassed because of the actions of a minority? I doubt it.
Secondly it could be argued that I *am* more at risk *because* of this harassment causing disaffected Muslim youths to be driven towards the extremists "in revenge" for the treatment they are getting.
All behaviour like this does is breed fear, suspicion and hatred and drives a wedge between "them" and "us" instead of bringing us *closer* together so we can fight the terrorist threat from both sides.
The vast majority of Muslims decry and despise the terrorists as much as anyone, but if we then consider *them* to be a threat simply because they share the same religious beliefs (although not necessarily the methods) we risk doing more damage that would outweigh any possible benefit of "safety".
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Originally Posted by TigaSefi
I suggest that the Muslims get on with it and sort themselves out, they aren't doing themselves any favours by letting extremists get away with acts of terrors.
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And *we* aren't doing ourselves any favours by attitudes like this!
Do you *really* think that most Muslims *want* to see these acts of terror committed in the name of their religion? No, of course not.
But when *we* just look at them and say "hmm, Muslim, may be a terrorist" or "they're letting terrorists get away with it", there may be some who would respond "in which case, screw them, let them get blown up. They don't care about us, why should we care about them?"
We should be *helping* them stop terrorists, not alienating them.