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Originally Posted by boatin
Isn't that implying rather strongly that Bin Laden's religion made him a bastard?
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Bin Laden is a religious bastard-he uses his religion as an excuse for heinous acts. That is the point I was trying to make.
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To suggest that those that follow Islam are bastards because they do is ludicrous. Or because they don't condemn their extremists as you would like. That is flat out bigotry against a huge % of the worlds population.
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It isn't "as I would like". Any condemnation would be a start.
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I did not title this thread, and I believe Host answered that issue. As for your last paragraph above, I'm not sure what you are suggesting beyond that I have a problem. Not sure how asking about your statements means I have a problem.
But I guess you are clearing up any confusion I might have about things.
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My response about the thread title is directed at your comment about broadly brushing people with certain beliefs. You were claiming that it is wrong to condemn an entire religion based on the actions of a few. I was merely wondering why you weren't as aggravated when christians were being stereotyped and judged by the beliefs (not even actions) of their fringe elements.
And you weren't asking anything, you made a bad assumption, a faulty analogy, and tried to call me a bigot. I assumed by your analogy and the term bigot you were thinking I was saying all arabs were terrorists, I was trying to separate the arab people and islamic terrorists. I was also tryign to acknowledge the fact that there are muslim terrorists of all races. My statement about you possibly having a problem was based on my feeling that bigotry is a problem, and your seeming inablility to separate islam and arabs. I was saying maybe because you assume that arabs are instantly muslim, or vice-versa you might have some bigotry.