Drakef wrote:
jonnykill wrote:
CameronPoe wrote:
They all featured on a program that was on British TV last night. They're called radical Islamists. They represent in the region of about 0.0001% of the muslim community in England.
They're scary if you listen to them thinking that all muslims think like that. They're laughable when you think about the fact that they are an absolutely miniscule minority of crackpots. The world is not ending. The sky is not falling in. Everybody relax.
So 0.0001% of the 1.2 billion Muslims in the world can't cause a lot of trouble for the world huh? Ever here of 9/11 ? The bombing of Bali where 200 people were blown to pieces? How about the theater in Russia? How about the USS Cole? How about Both US embassies blown up in Tanzania? How about the 1993 bombing of the world trade center? How about Spain train bombing? How about the small "absolutely minuscule minority of crack pots " that have killed over 3,000 US troops in Iraq? Minuscule huh? All it takes is one asshole like this idiot to influence one/two kids stupid enough to pull of a suicide bombing in the right place at the right time and it could be the start of ww3. That's how WW2 started. Same could happen today.
You over rate yourself.
I love the part where you try to scare everyone.
CameronPoe did not say that "0.0001% of the 1.2 billion Muslims in the world can't cause a lot of trouble". He said that the "world is not ending." Clearly, he means to express that the fear over radical Islamists is unfounded, one that you clearly subscribe to. Yes, we all understand that there have been a number of incidents, but they are nothing compared to the Second World War, which seems to be another way of putting fear into people. However, you seem to count every violent Muslim as radical, even those who may be fighting for a nationalist cause, a free nation, such as Cechnyans, Basques and Iraqis. Truly, are they a threat to the world, or merely trying to fight for their country, as many Christian peoples, such as Americans, Irish, and Scottish have done? They will do no harm if their country is given to them.
We all get it; there are radical Islamists that are a threat to world peace, beyond their borders. They are attempting violent attacks. But you greatly overestimate them. Absolutely, they are the "minuscule minority of crack pots", and they have done some damage, but they are hardly responsible for beginning a trend that may lead to World War III. They are a tiny minority in their own countries, that do damage to Western interests in the Middle East, because they have many reasons: United States bombed their house, United States in on their holy land, etc. They are not mindless killing machines, nor are they a true threat to democracy and the West. You name some incidents, but there are hardly any more, especially in the West. Radical Islam is not another Hitler, nor another way to World War III. Desist with that fearmongering.
We hardly endorse a truce with radical Islam, but it is no reason to begin wars or suspend civil rights. The latter is a result of terrorism- If they truly "hate freedom", as so many have said (because obviously they hate freedom for no particular reason), then they have accomplished something when Western politicians start suspending civil rights. An effective way to combat radical Islam is to end the means of radical Islam, especially in the West. Even radicals will have less reason to travel to attack a country thousands of kilometres away if their home nations are free of Western influence. To carry out attacks in the West is something of a logistical nightmare, I can imagine, and would have little sense to do so if we do nothing to aggravate them. Equally so, they are international criminals, and should be brought to justice.