You really think Al Queda is gonna get a bunch of 'infidels' to carry out the next attack?
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > yeah and that is why the next plane that is hijacked will be hijacked > by a contingent of little old ladies. The stereotype cuts both ways. > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Lets take a tally of some of the more prominent terrorist attacks in > recent > > history. > > > > 1. 9/11 - every perosn who hijakced a plane that day was a Muslim. > > > > 2. The attack on the USS Cole - planned and carrie dout by Muslims > > > > 3s. The Blai Nitghtclub Bombing - planned and carrie dout by Muslims > > > > 4. The attacks on the London Metro - planned and carried out by Muslims > > > > 5. The Madrid train bombings - palnned and carried out by Muslims > > > > 6. Not an attack, but an attemp - Richard Ried AKA 'The Shoe Bomber' - > > planned and carried out by Muslims. > > > > Now, I will state empahitcally that not all Muslims are terrorists. I > will > > even state empahitaclly that a very small percentage of Muslims are > > terrorists. > > > > However, based on these and other events, I do not think it is too much > of a > > stretch to say that most terrorists are Muslims. Can you see the > difference > > in those statements? > > > > I can also say that if 9/11 was carried out by a group of overweight, > > beer-loving, middle-aged, white, male agnostics, I would hope that I > would > > get a more careful looking at when I boarded a plane. (see how that > profile > > becomes a lot more specific when you look at more than religious beliefs, > or > > skin color?) > > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> yes but the fact that all cows are animals does not mean that all > >> animals are cows. > >> > >> I personally, being female and Irish/Nordic in looks do not have a dog > >> in this race. However. It concerns me that we think it is ok to roust > >> dark-skinned men who stop at the side of the road. I stop at the side > >> of the road all the damn time, whether to make a phone call, kill some > >> time, or decided whether errand a or errand b is more urgent. I do not > >> pay any attention to the presence or absence of synagogues, preschools > >> or little green men when I do so. > >> > >> I consider it my god-given right to park in a parking space on a > >> public road and I believe the same should apply to Spaniards, > >> Mexicans, Greeks, Egyptians and Pakistanis, whether they have beards > >> or not, or whether they have turbans or not. > >> > >> Now, supposing they are there for hours on end and watching the > >> synagogue through binoculars let's say ... now we have crossed the > >> line into suspicious behavior. > >> > >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Not all Muslims, whether devout or not, are terrorists but just about > >> all > >> >> Muslim terrorists are devout. > >> > > >> > > >> > +1 > >> > You get a point for that. Disregard the bottom part of my last post. > :) > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291727 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
