I find myself defending people I don't particularly like or understand here, but let me play devil's advocate a moment... is it possible that some of what you describe is due to media bias? Do we see news reports of Iraqi casualties, for example? Do you really think there aren't any? Suppose a similar process is going on in Iraq (or Palestine, or Iran...)
Let me say that I am not seeing these people as victims, as they have unquestionably done plenty of wrong. I am just positing that perhaps they think they are justified. Sorta like Terry Pratchett's Jingo. And to whoever pointed this out, yes, it is true that Arab!=Muslim, but it is the Middle East not Africa or Sri Lanka that we are discussing here, yes? >Maybe we should wonder why and what can be done to change it. Hamas doesn't >help. Hezbollah doesn't help. Iran doesn't help. Al Qaeda doesn't help. >Hearing about attacks on innocents of every religion (especially other >Muslims) almost every day done by 'insurgents' in Iraq doesn't help. The >list goes on and on but if there are a lot of anti-Arab memes going around, >maybe the Arabs themselves should ask why and what they can do about it. >How many Arabs are against Iran's push for nuclear weapons? How many are >protesting it? How many are against Hamas, Hezbollah, etc. The answer is >really small in the against and almost nil in the protest. This doesn't help >the memes. What does the world see? Protests and boycotts against a cartoon. >None against killers of innocents but lots over a picture. What memes is >that supposed to breed? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:195443 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
