Originally Posted By: aa1986
It's not about political correctness, it's about hysteria, and how the media and gullible citizens readily paint a picture of the world totally out of proportion with the risks and effectively help terrorists succeed and enable the politicians and security apparatus to erode our civil liberties.
Still waiting for proof to the claim that the "large majority" or the world's 1.6 billion muslims are willing to convert everybody else to Islam using the sword if necessary.
Not going to get into a pee'ing contest with you on this. If you don't think that is a pretty good description of how most Muslims act and think, and more importantly, what they are taught by a LOT of their religious leaders then I feel for you. Is it a pure interpretation of their religion? No. Is it how the radical Imam's(sp? ), clerics, or whatever they are called teach them? YUP! They want their religion( Islam )to overtake the world and they will stop at nothing to achieve that even if it includes killing those who are non-believers. Just how it is.
So people who have seen what these terrorists will do( remember 9/11, the USS Cole, Benghazi, and on and on ), see them by the tens of thousands in the streets burning flags of other countries( usually US )on TV as they call for the deaths of those people, see the atrocities they commit against their own people, and so on are all gullible because we see that group on the whole as violent and dangerous? Wow!
For the record I have no personal animosity toward their religion. I am all for live and let live. I don't care what some guy in the desert thinks about his or my god( actually they are the same one in Islam and Christianity but I hope you get my point ). However, too many Muslims do not feel the same. Even if they don't want to convert non-believers they commit these horrible acts in the name of their religion so in effect it amounts to the same thing. Convert them or kill them the feelings behind are the same. They are good and we are evil. Period.
I will not apologize for thinking it is a violent religion( as practiced not as written )full of evil people bent on destroying me, my way of life/country, and my religion. I have seen too many of them try. If you don't see it that way I guess that is your right. 9/11 forever changed my tolerance for radical Islamists.
Originally Posted By: aa1986
So if you *believe* it's a large majority, you're ok with killing them all? Over 1 billion people?
I am not for genocide under any circumstance. However, with that said, at some point if the peaceful Muslims will not stand up and stop the ones doing these evil things we( as in the rest of the world they go after )will have to. IF you think the majority of Muslims are peaceful and not full of hate for other religions and peoples then they should be able to stop it. I actually believe there are more that hate than want peace which makes it impossible for the peaceful ones to do anything.
I never want to see a plane fly into a building killing thousands of innocent people again. I am tired of terrorists attacks against our embassies and other properties. I am tired of suicide attacks on our military. I am tired of people like the guy in Australia committing violent acts in the name of that religion and/or groups associated with it like Al-Qaeda or ISIS. Just sick of it.
If the Muslims themselves won't stop it then we have to and maybe at any cost. IF it comes down to us vs. them I choose us.