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Originally Posted by powerclown
I say the moderate muslims are just as guilty as the radicals for not speaking out against the violence. This talk of not branding the entire herd because of the actions of a few doesn't wash with me. What needs to happen is that the majority need to somehow reign in the minority, because it is the minority that are causing the problems for everyone. It is the minority that make the frontpage headlines every day. It is the minority who are causing the violence and attracting the attention.
So while the majority sit on their hands, the minority continue to draw everyone into the fire. Silent majorities have never started wars to begin with -- it has always been the ideologically outspoken minority that have been the catalyst for war. So saying that not all muslims are terrorists is saying the obvious but misses the point. Of course they aren't. But until the majority take a stand (which is usually impossible in the islamic world because dissent is violently suppressed), it is the minority who run the show.
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I disagree. Was there ever an organization set-up by Americans to explain to the Japanese that not all Americans supported the bombings of Hiroshima or Nagasaki? You assume that the "majority" feels a kinship with the "minority." I don't go around feeling I have to answer for the decisions of George W. Bush or Stephen Harper. Even closer to home, as an improvising musician, I don't feel like I have to answer for the actions of Kenny G.
This isn't the first time I've heard the "majority must reign in the minority" argument, and it's attitudes like these that show how little of an understanding is being shown about Muslims.
This infuriating idea of "they" is ridiculous: There are over a billion Muslims on earth. How can they possibly share the same ideology, even if they tried??