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They had a bit on St. Louis, and that state's goverment released a statement asking people not to take matters into their own hands -- several mosques in the area have recieved bomb threats.
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Ah...the joys of racism and stereotypes... I'm wondering if anyone in my business calculus class tomorrow will try to ask me for homework answers?
Fuck the people who did this attack!!!!!!!
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This is just a reactionary offshoot of the original insanity that caused the destruction in New York and Washington. People are so riled up (and rightly so) by all of this that they feel the need to do something. Most people have been donating money and blood to the victims. A few have decided that all Arabs are scum and must be eliminated or deported. Sitting in class today, I heard a lot of people discussing the "damn dirty A-rabs." I told a group of people in front of me that: 1) we do not know for 100% certain is an Islamic extremist group did this and 2) even if one is responsible, not all people of Arabic descent are capable of this.
A few of my friends are Middle Eastern, and most of them are practicing Moslems. All of them are nice, kind, wonderful people. They're crying with us in this time of tragedy. A very small minority have the idea that the US needs to be punished by them acting on the will of Allah. They are COMPLETELY out of touch with what constitutes being Moslem and being human. My friends and many others around the world and around the country are proof of this. We must not forget that there are Moslems and people of Arabic descent among the victims in this. We must not forget that there likely are Moslems and people of Arabic descent participating in the rescue effort.
In this time, I truly am worried for my friends. It's horrible enough that thousands of innocent people died at the hands of fanatics. It's only compounding the damage by taking the anger out on other innocent people.
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quote:Originally posted by Siegfried: This is just a reactionary offshoot of the original insanity that caused the destruction in New York and Washington.
As Marge Simpson once said... "Well Duh"
j/k, hope you don't mind me trying to defuse my own anxieties with a little humor
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Gee, so if American citizens who partied when we won the Gulf War got attacked, it'd be okay?
Fuck no! All bombing civilians is going to do is give the message that the US deserves to be hated.
Erm. I might have misinterpreted. Rob, did you mean to frag people celebrating the WTC and Pentagon attack, or the people celebrating the attacks on Mosques?
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As far as I'm concerned, it's a great shame that we can't kill people who celebrate innocent deaths, in any context. They certainly don't deserve to be called "human".
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As far as I'm concerned, it's a great shame when people kill people, period. They certainly don't deserve to be called "human".
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Regardless of if those civilians were going to work in office buildings, or are cheering the destruction of those office buildings in countries half way around the world, shame on anyone who thinks that the deliberate, pre-meditated attacks on civilians is acceptable. Shame.
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For these people it is a war, it seems. A war of politics and religion. In war, the victor will probably not reflect to weep for the enemy which was slain, but pat themselves on the back and rejoice for their courage, endeavour and victory.
This is the fact of war.
These Islamic fundmentalists are at war, and they are celebrating their victory, just as the allies celebrated such victories in WWII, or any other war - and in such cases many lives military or civilain are lost.
It doesn't matter what side you're on, when at war you celebrate victories, even with great loss to the enemy. It is horrifying but it is true, whether you're an American or an Afghan; whether it's Hiroshima, or New York. The victor celebrates.
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