Good points! Regis --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Dan Kitching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dennis, your intended message is a good one, and we should all take heed. > > Just to be fair here....... > > It's far more accurate to say that very, very, very few Muslims are > terrorists. The recent crop of terrorists aren't Muslims, they're Muslim > Extremists. There's a big difference between the two, and the latter do not > base their anger and aggression on the teachings of their religion. Nor do > they have the support of Muslim leaders. This is not to say that Americans > are popular with Muslims. Many aspects of the American way of life, love of > equality, love of political freedom, ability to love money, these things > are not "kosher" with their beliefs. They have Avery right to hate us, and > many of them do, but their leaders are not encouraging them to kill > Americans, that is purely the domain of extremists who make up a very, very > small percentage of the Muslim population. > > Up until 9/11, the most deadly act of terrorism ever perpetrated on American > soil was by Timothy McVeigh. We all blamed foreign religious groups right > away, and I remember being shocked that an American had destroyed the Alfred > P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. I haven't forgotten that jolt, > and won't be so short sighted again. > > But that's not what you were trying to say in your post. Please don't > misunderstand me, I'm not trying to berate you for anything. I just wanted > to bring attention to a tendency we (myself included at times) have of being > suspicious of anyone with a "towel" on their head. The media has not helped. > > > Dan Kitching > > Everything I know about Muslims I learned on TV (Thank God that's not > true) >
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