--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Mario, > > Perhaps others can explain what you are seeking. > Our friend Cornell calls the behavior of British > Muslims (on this issue) as "Over the top". > Very British! (Perhaps true for British Muslims) > You can analyze the differences between UK Muslims > and others who behave differently, as you described. > Please enlighten me after your discovery. > The title of this thread is Danish Cartoons. > You can change it to: Science of Mass Hysteria.:=)) > Kind Regards, GL > Mario adds: > Gilbert, I took your advice re. the name of the thread. > The admission of British Muslims behaving "over the top" represents considerable progress for Cornel. However, since they are under threat of deportation in Britain if they encourage or participate in terrorist activity, a euphemism like "over the top" is about as far as most of them are likely to go. > I wonder if the 7/7 bombings in London that killed dozens of innocent civilians was also simply "over the top". At the time, Tony Blair was being blamed for those bombings by some British Goans. > I still don't have an answer from anyone as to why radical Muslims - not all Muslims - are consistently WAY "over the top" no matter what the provocation, while the rest of us have to make do with peaceful protests and patient negotiations. From the formation of Israel and Kashmir, to the visit of Ariel Sharon to the Temple Mount and the more recent Danish cartoons, their INITIAL response has always been widespread, violent and deadly. > They seem to agree to negotiations only after their initial violence has been put down, often with huge losses of life. >
