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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Mouse scrolling aside, its an interesting article.
What worries me with the article is that it still treats this as a 'fringe' problem, as in only a small number of Muslims would approve of terrorism and violence to achieve their goals. Perhaps a majority do not support terrorism, but a sizable minority do, and by sizable we are talking 10's of millions if not 100's of millions. I think there is a bit of 'head in the sandism' involved here, and they seem more worried about their image problem than their terrorism problem. Correct the terrorism and the image problem goes away.
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I agree with you that there is a sizable minority that "approve" of terrorism, in that they are under the assumption it is the only way, coming from their worldview, of affecting "change" and combatting their "enemies." But I also think it important to realize that only a minority within that minority are of the sort who would pick up arms and harm someone innocent themselves. Understanding the desperation that terrorism comes from and being that desperate are two different things. Maybe you can understand the difficulty of "correcting terrorism" when you are immersed in the culture that created it. Especially so, if you have wits enough to see the hopelessness and futility in it.