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Originally Posted by ustwo
Now for the rest. I never said they were all suicide bombers, most people don't want to die, but I stand by my belief that the MAJORITY of Muslims support the use of violance, including terrorism against the US and Israel. You don't have to put dynamite on your back to support terrorism. You recall all the street celebrations in Egypt and the PA after 9/11 (The ones the PA tried to crack down on due to bad press). Those were not terrorists they were terroist supporters. The fact that they are not violent themselves does not matter, they are doing nothing to stop it and are lauding those who are 'martyrs', encouraging young people to kill themsleves in Allah's name. Its in their childrens TV shows for gods sake.
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I'm still not convinced that your "majority" constitutes more than 50% of muslims. However, I do have a better idea where this repeated statement comes from. I wonder though if you think it be as fair to claim that just before the Iraq invasion the majority of Americans supported violence in the spread of democracy... To me it seems an equivalent sort of supporting violence, if not more vigorous. Is it different only in that one is "terrorism" and the other is state sanctioned? Or is it that one is in support of your moral ideals and the other is not? Or is it something less relative? I'm genuinely curious.
Oh, and because no one else saw it, I understand that you are sensitive to being labelled bigot. Let's keep the labels like that out of the conversation on both sides.
And let's also not suggest that others fornicate themselves with sharp sticks. It sounds dangerous.
Splinters.