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To: TopCat who wrote (385052)	5/19/2008 4:42:43 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576855

I'm just trying to get you to take a more balanced view. I don't think we disagree as much as it might appear....but I do think it is dangerous to demonize anything in the extreme. Let me say that nothing I've said is intended to demonize Muslims in general. I have no quarrel with those who do not identify with the violent end of the religion. Just as I condemned abortion clinic bombings by some of the extremist Christians while not condemning Christianity as a whole, so, too, would do the same with Muslims (not to overlook any of the other "religious wars" of our time). The problem I see is that the hatred, vitriol, and violence of Islam is more widespread and extreme than of any religion in existence today, and in my lifetime. Furthermore, it is exacerbated by the concept of taqiyya, which I don't think has been present in other religious wars -- i.e., you knew what you were dealing with. Today, when we meet a Muslim, there is no way to have any reasonable confidence where we stand. Is my view "unbalanced"? Sure, I admit that. My brother was killed by a drunk driver; I can assure you I'm very unbalanced in my views about drunk drivers, as well. I think Islam poses a huge threat to America, in time, unless the irrational hatred can be first slowed, the reversed. But frankly, I don't think most people have any idea from where it originates. It isn't about the Palestinians or American bases in Saudi Arabia. Or the war in Iraq. I think it is far more complicated than that.