Gotta Love Middle Eastern Thinking

[BigMacFU]

I think you rely a little to much on your media, who are notoriously biased. Plenty of Muslims don't agree with crap like that article. Add to the fact that many of your Christian fundamentalists are just as bad. End of the day it sounds like you guys are complaining about free speech. How ironic.

Generalisations don't help anything really.

-W.

Monk, as concerns the article itself, it was put out by a Muslim research group that deals with Middle Eastern media. So, this wasn't our "American" media putting this out there or mis-interpreting the Muslim research group. In fact, in response to the study, many Muslims have said, as many have before, not all of us are extremist morons like some. But, the Muslim research group responded by saying, this is how it went down in the Middle-Eastern media, we don't control what those groups say, we just report it.

As for free speech, at least my point was not to say they shouldn't be allowed to say something like that, but rather that it's a real stupid thing to say.

[Monk]

Monk, as concerns the article itself, it was put out by a Muslim research group that deals with Middle Eastern media. So, this wasn't our "American" media putting this out there or mis-interpreting the Muslim research group. In fact, in response to the study, many Muslims have said, as many have before, not all of us are extremist morons like some. But, the Muslim research group responded by saying, this is how it went down in the Middle-Eastern media, we don't control what those groups say, we just report it.

As for free speech, at least my point was not to say they shouldn't be allowed to say something like that, but rather that it's a real stupid thing to say.

My comments were more directed at the comments other than yours BigMacFU

And for the record I agree, it is a pretty stupid thing to say

-W.

[Dru Lee Parsec]

Monk:

I think you actually make a good point. I think we need to remember that for Bush's war on Iraq requires that he keep telling us that "they are nuts and we're in the right, no matter what". Providing media coverage of this type of extreamism and ignoring the moderate point of view plays right into his agenda.

Cabaiguan Juan: I think you're correct as well. I'm sure that most muslims are not so angry that they are insulted by a cube. But once again, it benefits the current administrations policies to portray all muslims as fanatics.

But I'll stop there or else this will turn into a political thread, and I've had enough of those to last me for a while.

[Cabaiguan Juan]

Monk:

I think you actually make a good point. I think we need to remember that for Bush's war on Iraq requires that he keep telling us that "they are nuts and we're in the right, no matter what". Providing media coverage of this type of extreamism and ignoring the moderate point of view plays right into his agenda.

Cabaiguan Juan: I think you're correct as well. I'm sure that most muslims are not so angry that they are insulted by a cube. But once again, it benefits the current administrations policies to portray all muslims as fanatics.

DLP & Monk,
I've just decided to stop following the news b/c its full of biased negitive unconstructive shit, but I do need to tell myself to take the news with a grain of salt more often.