(January 1, 2015 at 3:31 pm)Alex K Wrote:(January 1, 2015 at 1:56 pm)JuliaL Wrote: @Alex K
I only treat individuals as individuals.
En masse, masses are a danger and as such I damn them as a mass.
The actions informed are largely defensive involving where to hide because as an individual I do not have much effect and from what I see, to become effective as an individual, you have to join some mass thus losing your individuality. That catch 22 is some catch.
This is just evasive waffling to me, I don't really know what you mean. My point is - we both (I assume) live in democracies where the people in principle indirectly shapes policy decisions by either voting for someone, or supporting other viable political acts in a democracy such as demonstrations. I don't even want to address how imperfect this system is. In this here thread, we are talking about taking political action with respect to Muslims as a group, so I'd like to know how your diffuse damning of groups of people translates to your political decisions as a citizen of a democracy.
I feel I should clarify somewhat. When I say "damn them all" I'm not proposing a active eradication of this group or any direct political action. At the same time they should not be assisted in any way. My hope is that someday these groups simply cease to be. But that's an impractical goal considering the zealous recruitment religion of any kind engages in.
I stand by my previous statement. Damn them all, 1.6 billion plus however many christians and other roadblocks to human progress there may be. I hope their numbers dwindle to nothing. But I am also content simply leaving them alone as long as I'm afforded the same.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!