> > * these people do not mean all Muslims but the people using the Koran as a > basis for their mass murder.
I for one am in complete agreement with that statement. I think it's even better if it's changed to: "these people *do not represent a proportionally significant number of Muslims*, but the people using the Koran as basis for their mass murder." > Ireland is sectarian violence and they were able to come to a relative peace. That only lasted a few years then it came back. (Like herpes) http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0308/antrim.html "The Real IRA has claimed responsibility for last night's attack in which two British soldiers were shot dead in Co Antrim. " http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jNzlO_HDT9z2VIAjQtX2evI4EFUQD96R40AO1 "BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) Irish Republican Army dissidents fatally shot a policeman in the head as he responded to an emergency call, just 48 hours after the killing of two soldiers, Northern Ireland's police commander said Tuesday." http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/12/northern-ireland-bomb-plot "Security forces on both sides of the Irish border are hunting for a dissident republican bomb, after receiving intelligence reports that the Real IRA has smuggled a large device into Northern Ireland<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/northernireland>from the south, the Guardian has learned." > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > don't know... you are saying they didn't? What about Ireland? I think > > there is plenty of blood on Christian hands if you are looking. > > > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Michael Dinowitz > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I looked up the definition of sectarian and it means violence between > > sects > > > of the same basic religion. Lebanon was between different religions. > But > > the > > > point is not lost as the violence was not sponsored by religious > > writings. > > > But that's kind of moot. This part of the thread was on the premise > that > > > other religious works are just as violent. My point is that the > religious > > > writings of other religions are not used as the primary reason for mass > > > murder. Christians in Lebanon didn't get up and say that they had to > > fight > > > because it was in the Bible, did they? > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:292004 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
