At 11/9/09 02:49 PM, Elfer wrote:
No. What I'm saying is, people who believe that Muslims are part of a global conspiracy to wipe out the American race are especially stupid, and will latch onto this guy as "proof"
Wouldn't have happened if the guy's name was Jim Hinkins or something.
No problem, but it dose go beyond America you get hard line nationalists in most parts of the world. In Russia the fascists their don't need "proof" they just attack anyone who they think might be a Muslim or from places like Chechnya and the former Yugoslavia.
At 11/9/09 03:14 PM, lapis wrote:
At 11/9/09 02:16 PM, Jon-86 wrote:
My name is Jon if I decided to practice Islam tomorrow would I have a Muslim sounding name?
Meh. I realise that what I'm going to say is irrelevant to the point that you're making, but really, if you decided to practice Islam tomorrow then it would be at least be recommended that you'd change your first name to a Muslim name like Abdul-Jabbar or Salahuddin.
No it wouldn't. Who ever you heard that from is mistaken and putting false ideas in your head!
The sooner people realise their government is using this as a way to control them through fear the better.
This is downright silly, however. Which exact government is trying to instigate against Muslims in order to control its population through fear? The US government? The UK government? How did any government try to use this incident to rally people against Muslims?
Any and all government's and not only against Muslims if a government is trying to gain public support for something they will demonize or dehumanise anything that makes up the opposition. I did not say that this specific event is being used by the government to rally any kind of support. All I was commenting on is the reactions by some people and in the news.
You can't disagree that most Americans don't see people, they see "rag-heads" or "Muslims" or "communists" or "some other generalisation" their would never be support for a war if the News in America reported on not only US/UK soldiers that were killed but all the civilians caught in the crossfire by both sides.
They only report what they want you to know, the media by in large is a tool used by the government.
Thats what makes the internet a great thing. People can take pictures and post them and you get to see what's going on.