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Originally Posted by Escapee
All the above are examples of terrorist activities carried out by muslims in the name of Islam. The one thing that is obvious in all these examples is "If we dont get our way we will use violence against innocent people"
We are constantly being told in this thread that we should not label all muslims the same, that is something that I agree with entirely. On the other hand however we see some muslims labelling all of the west as bad, have we heard them say only some westerners are bad?
These muslim terrorists have targeted the general public with the terrorist actions, and any criticism of them will result in more of the same. The people who want us to apologise and brush it all under the carpet are looking at a solution that will give more power to the terrorists. I appreciate the west may of upset the whole nation of Islam with these cartoons etc, but apologising will be a moral victory for the terrorists.
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I had intended / hoped that my previous post on this matter would also have been my last. Unfortunately I see that there are still people resorting to xenophobic lists of atrocities and half truths in order to "prove" their point. Are you sure, proof positive, that the same levels of vitriol couldn't be pointed at you and your nation / religion if someone was minded to do so?
Apologizing will not give "more power to the terroirists". It would, in fact, remove a lot, if not all, of the impetus of their argument and any so called "retaliatory" strikes they might be planning, had you thought of that?
As for "some muslims labelling all of the west as bad" I think it's worth noting that atrocities committed to date appear to have occured only in countries / sovereign states who have actively engaged in a war on Islam in either Afghanistan or Iraq. My earlier point of two wrongs not making a right refers.
I find it bizarre that anyone would put the purported awarding of a "moral victory" ahead of peoples lives, truly bizarre.