(January 7, 2015 at 9:36 pm)Jenny A Wrote: I understand that feeling perfectly. And Muslim extremists commit the sorts of crime that make me want to bring back torture and stone a few people (rather specific people) myself. And then I remember what I don't want to become.
In this age we're in, where it is easy to record and post videos, it's getting easier to let that feeling go unchecked, and it's getting harder to simply think that these things are happening to someone else somewhere else. I feel horrible that either my imagination was to weak, or my mental defenses were too strong to allow me to see the humanity in it all. The total disregard for life is captured on video for all to see now. Those moments are what go through my head when I hear moderates talk about their religion of peace.
You're absolutely right though. There's no good in sinking to their level. Cooler heads prevail.