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Thread #75063   Message #1335549
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
22-Nov-04 - 03:06 PM
Thread Name: Obit: More Muslim intolerance?
Subject: RE: Obit: More Muslim intolerence?
I too am not convinced it will never happen. As long as people are using blanket terms like 'Muslin Intolerance' people will believe it to be true. I am by no means saying that anyone here would be guilty of such things (Even you, Martin ;-) ) but I have been in the pub when the Daily Sport readers start calling 'them f%^&ing pakis'. I have been in Patsons local mini mart when the local yobs have been in and left a train of devastation while yelling 'f&*( off back home rag heads'. This to people who were born in the next steet to them!

As long as we stereotype people as 'Muslim extemists' and as long as people are bandying stories of how bad the minority, yes tiny minority, of Moslems are the yobs will never look at the people themselves. They will never see the Patsons or Patels or Mistrys as people. They will only ever see the Fanatic Mullahs and their sick retinues.

Once enough people are doing that, and I am ashamed to say I know of many, then we are only a stones throw from murdering another 40 million. You can argue till you are blue in the face but the fact remains that it happened before. If anything can ever happen, be sure that it will. Stop spreading the stories. Ignore the idiots. Moslems are people just like you and me, Help the good ones to get rid of the trash themselves but please don't tar them all with the same brush.

Dave.