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04-09-2017, 02:06 PM | #11 (permalink) | |
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04-09-2017, 02:08 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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Treating them differently than the "normal" citizens inherently puts them in a different class. Especially when so many people point at the religion as a whole to blame for radicalized Arabs. For example, look at how quickly the discussion in here turned to border control—people are confusing the issue and more often than not, "solving" the "problem" harms more people than it helps.
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04-09-2017, 02:18 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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There are approx. 2.2 billion Christians on the planet. Islam is second with 1.6 billion. Secularity is in third place. Hinduism is fourth with 1 billion. Nothing else really comes close. It bugs the crap out of me when folks blame the religion for the *******s who pervert it to promote their insane ideals. Just so happens that Islamic *******s are the religious fanatics de jour. That along with the fact they have 21st century weapons at their desposal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism Can you imagine what the Klu Klux Klan would have done if they'd had today's arsenal? How about the Spanish Inquisition with chemical weapons?
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04-09-2017, 02:26 PM | #16 (permalink) |
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I wasn't expecting anybody to bring up the Spanish Inquisition.
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04-09-2017, 02:29 PM | #17 (permalink) | |
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Also, imagine if the West hadn't funded and armed terrorist groups as leverage against the regimes in Aghanistan, in Libya, in Syria? They'd be much smaller.
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