However, phil continually tries to paint Islam as somehow more cruel than Christianity. The extremists in any religion, in all religions, have been and are virtually identical in their barbarity.

In parts of the United States, a minor may be sentenced to death.

We have a great many Mormons in this country who will not allow women equal rights in the church, and fundamental Mormons who, according to Krakauer in "Under the Banner of Heaven" believe women are meant to bear children and keep men happy. Why don't we look to the extremists in our own country if we want to help correct injustice?

Some people continually try to paint others as worse. We have many, many issues at home, we have our own stains and blemishes, we have our own war crimes to worry about, and focussing on others faults does them and us a disservice.

Nope. phil is a bigot, a prime example of what Carl Jung meant when he said, "The center of all iniquity is 5 miles behind enemy lines."

No organization or individual is as good as it would like to think, or as bad as it fears. And focussing on the deficiencies of others to the exclusion of one's own problems guarantees that one's own problems will never be rectified.

Arf (besides that, he's an, well, wrong board.)