Re: Cartoon related threads/Protests (all threads merged)
Todd,
I don’t know what your point is, that I am in some sort of minority politically? (and, if you can’t leave my mother out of it, please shut your hole). Maybe the rest of you guys are just immune to the message. Here is a survey done by Cornell University in 2004. (do you think views on Islam have changed for the better since 2004?) The results would make the Danes blush:
The survey also examined the relation of religiosity to perceptions of Islam and Islamic countries among Christian respondents. Sixty-five percent of self-described highly religious people queried said they view Islam as encouraging violence more than other religions do; in comparison, 42 percent of the respondents who said they were not highly religious saw Islam as encouraging violence. In addition, highly religious respondents also were more likely to describe Islamic countries as violent (64 percent), fanatical (61 percent) and dangerous (64 percent). Fewer of the respondents who said they were not highly religious described Islamic countries as violent (49 percent), fanatical (46 percent) and dangerous (44 percent). But 80 percent of all respondents said they see Islamic countries as being oppressive toward women.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Dec04/Muslim.Poll.bpf.html
Now, from that poll, it would seem as if it was just a matter of time unitl the bomb in a turban showed up. It is not some small sliver of the West that correlates Islam with violence, it is a huge portion, if not a majority that has this perception. Now of course, people will always give you the Politically Correct blah, blah, blah about a small minority of fanatics, but look at some of the conclusions from the same survey:
**About 27 percent of respondents said that all Muslim Americans should be required to register their location with the federal government, and 26 percent said they think that mosques should be closely monitored by U.S. law enforcement agencies. Twenty-nine percent agreed that undercover law enforcement agents should infiltrate Muslim civic and volunteer organizations, in order to keep tabs on their activities and fund raising. About 22 percent said the federal government should profile citizens as potential threats based on the fact that they are Muslim or have Middle Eastern heritage. In all, about 44 percent said they believe that some curtailment of civil liberties is necessary for Muslim Americans. **
Is this a completely irrational fear? Everyday we are treated to the Bomb-of-the-Day. The virtual daily flood of blood, guts and gore as funeral parties are bombed, mosques explode, churches burn, beheadings, kidnappings, ranting tapes, AK-47 toting diatribes, are forming public opinion. These are powerful visual messages. How long do you expect people to regurgitate the PC line of “Religion of Peace” when they are confronted daily with more and more horric images? Geez guys, people views of Islam are not irrational, not without fact. These images started long before Afghanistan and Iraq. Munich, Cruise ships, Airliners, Embassies, and then of course Bali, Madrid, London, And 9/11. Intentional massacre of innocents.
When a buddy pulls you aside to tell you you have bad breath, is he doing you a favor? Do you take a mint, or blast the guy by telling him that his mothers breath sucks too?