"But what about the moderates?"

[DeistPaladin]

In Ontario where I live pit bulls were banned about ten years ago after a series of high profile attacks on humans and other dogs—existing animals had to be neutered and kept on a leash in public. We still get soppy sentimental complaints about "breed profiling" but the number of serious dog bites has declined drastically. Disclosure: I am a big-time dog lover. I have a black Labrador and a Cockapoo.

Just to clarify, I actually don't believe pit bulls are bad if they're raised and cared for responsibly. The problem is some owners train them to be mean and the consequences are unfortunate. The fault lies not in the dog breed but the specific irresponsible owners.

Your point that my analogy is off the mark is well taken and I withdraw it.

What I am trying to convey, and did so clumsily, is that even if Islam only produces such radicals 10% of the time, that's still a problem. The moderates can say all they like, and I'm sure they're nice people, but that really isn't helping.

What I would like to see is a serious discussion of why Islam is so violently expressed with some of its followers. Perhaps there are other factors like politics and economics, and I'm sure there are, but I still would like to see a frank discussion of what Islam teaches. Unfortuantely, such discussions are immediately shut down as "racist" and "bigoted", as we saw with Ben Affleck.

Christianity was violent at one time and still is in some corners of the world. Once in a great while, Christian terrorism manifests even in the civilized first world countries (see Timothy McVey and anti-abortion assassins). Still, civilization seems to have done a good job overall of restraining and moderating Christianity. Is there a way to do the same for Islam?