What are the percentages of Muslims who feel the statements made are true and representative is the important thing. How many recognize that the statements made my their co-religionists are false and how many believe them. Are the terrorists winning the hearts and minds of their own people while they are scaring non-Muslims into silence? When statistics are thrown around you need to know the parameters and baselines, not just numbers like 12%, 43%, etc. And the 43%, according to the poll, did not think Islamic extremism was the problem but Islam itself. "Pollster Maurice de Hond found that only 12 percent of those questioned thought the film represented Islam accurately, but 43 percent agreed Islam was a serious threat to the Netherlands over the long term." You qualifying the statement with Islamic extremism is not reflected in the article and shows your take on it, not necessarily the take of the people polled.
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's the problem? The poll reveals what people understand: the film is > about Islamic extremism, not Islam in general, and most everyone polled > agrees with that sentiment. That 43% of those polled believe Islam (or, > more > specifically, Islamic extremism) is a threat to the Netherlands > demonstrates > that people can distinguish between Islam in general and the extremist > version of Islam that is being preached in mosques in some parts of the > world, including some parts of Europe. > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 6:11 AM, Vivec wrote: > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080328/film_nm/dutch_islam_film_dc > > > > "Pollster Maurice de Hond found that only 12 percent of those > > questioned thought the film represented Islam accurately, but 43 > > percent agreed Islam was a serious threat to the Netherlands over the > > long term." > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257619 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
