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"As individual persons, each was kind, friendly, generous, a quality human being."

Mary Anne — 7/7/2006 2:49:45 AM (archived)

Yes. Suppose we encourage those people by not condemning their whole religion because a minority, and a small one when you consider the total, act like criminals.

We too have enough criminals to be judged as a nation by their behavior, yet they are not the majority, or even a significant minority, and that is not our character.

To illustrate, the changes are in italics:

I'll tell you what - I'll stop hating America, and I'll show respect for that country, the day anyone at all can walk tranquilly down a public street in Detroit, or Baltimore, or Washington, DC, and not have the slightest fear for his life. Not until then.

The cities were chosen from the Morgan Quitno Awards for America's safest and most dangerous cities.

Criminal behavior varies according to culture. In Iran, irreverence is dangerous. That's awful. In parts of the US, going to the post office is. That's awful too. It still makes no sense to make a false generalization about millions of people based on a personal hatred.

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Russia offers $10m reward to find Iraq killers - gbaikie - 7/1/2006 3:18:14 AM
- Appeasement lesson number 432 - SteveS - 7/1/2006 2:33:03 PM
  - You simply can't reason with religious fanatics - sz - 7/1/2006 8:33:54 PM
    - re: You simply can't reason with religious fanatics - gbaikie - 7/1/2006 10:34:31 PM
      - No, the Koran is not the source of anyone's enlightment - sz - 7/2/2006 3:49:04 AM
        
        The basic tenets of Islam are five. - Mary Anne - 7/2/2006 5:20:19 PM
        
        re: So accepting the Koran as the word of God isn't a tenant of Islam? - Scott Evil - 7/3/2006 1:27:50 PM
        
        The Koran is a collection of verses that Muhammed claimed were told to him by Gabriel, God's messenger. - Mary Anne - 7/4/2006 4:56:36 PM
        
        So accepting the bible as the word of god isn't a tenant of christianity? (n/t) - R.L. - 7/3/2006 8:01:24 PM
        
        oh, and it is tenet - R.L. - 7/3/2006 8:03:02 PM
        
        I guess it's tenant of you're living in the house of the Lord! :) - sz - 7/4/2006 12:29:09 AM
        
        :) The rent is too high and the place has been trashed by earlier 'tenants' (n/t) - R.L. - 7/4/2006 2:51:01 AM
        
        The problem with tenet #1 - sz - 7/3/2006 2:16:40 AM
        
        I have already discussed the Jews of Medina in a past, very unpleasant thread. - Mary Anne - 7/4/2006 4:49:36 PM
        
        "thje joy of unpleasant memories" by Alex Discomfort - Daniel - 7/5/2006 1:49:14 AM
        
        I'm the shy one in my family. - Mary Anne - 7/5/2006 9:30:41 PM
        
        thanks for that! (n/t) - Daniel - 7/6/2006 4:28:36 PM
        
        History - sz - 7/5/2006 12:36:03 AM
        
        Where, exactly, have you lived? - Mary Anne - 7/5/2006 9:52:33 PM
        
        I'll be perfectly honest - I hate all religions - sz - 7/6/2006 3:43:20 AM
        
        "As individual persons, each was kind, friendly, generous, a quality human being." - Mary Anne - 7/7/2006 2:49:45 AM
        
        How about when you and I can freely walk down the streets of Mecca. - Lee - 7/6/2006 10:18:13 PM
        
        Think of it as a gated community. - Mary Anne - 7/7/2006 2:30:54 AM
        
        Probably explains why there are hardly any Jews in Arab countries, too. - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2006 6:04:55 PM
        
        An atheist speaks - R.L. - 7/6/2006 9:26:44 AM
        
        re: An atheist speaks - gbaikie - 7/6/2006 9:37:42 AM
        
        You say in essence: - alcaray - 7/5/2006 3:17:09 PM
        
        re: History - Daniel - 7/5/2006 1:59:44 AM
        
        re: Koran is not the source - Johannes - 7/2/2006 4:45:44 AM
        
        One very good reference - sz - 7/3/2006 2:31:03 AM
  - re: Appeasement lesson number 433 - ER - 7/1/2006 3:02:16 PM

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