(November 8, 2014 at 4:50 pm)lifesagift Wrote:(November 7, 2014 at 7:52 pm)abaris Wrote: Simple, you're judging 1.4 billion people by the image the media feeds you without having first hand experience. You haven't lived among them, I presume. Well, so haven't I, but I reserve judgment for the time I have an informed opinion.
No I'm not, there's nowhere that I have stated that all 1.4 billion muslims are bad. My point is that we all label ourselves differently, but what is the true label once the chips are down?
You have friends that are muslim? if so, try burning a book in their kitchen, they'd be a bit unhappy... try burning the quraan in their kitchen and see how they react...
I'm not the guilty one for pointing out flaws... how many muslims are on the street protesting about US citizens being beheaded, or the alleged plot to kill the Queen of my country?
Please don't get all apologist over me, I'm bored with that... Lets try to measure the threat we face.
I'm not a Muslim, but if you burn a Quran, bible, dictionary, whatever in my kitchen we're going to have words. Matter of fact, I'd probably react just as harshly as you're implying a Muslim would. And furthermore, if you had a Muslim friend and you decided to burn a Quran in his kitchen just what kind of friend are you? I think it speaks volumes that you believe you should be able do something like that and everything should be fine.
Just how many Americans did you see protesting this last beheading? I got news for you, I just turned the channel. At this point we're pretty desensitized from everything going on in the war that most could care less what happened to someone they have never met. If you go to a warzone you have to understand that there's a pretty good chance if they make a movie about your untimely end it isn't going to be a romantic comedy.
