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Originally posted by Jesse_DD@Sep 9 2004, 04:38 PM
Porndoggy,
I believe in generalizations! You know why? Because, for the most part, THEY ARE TRUE! There are a very small group of Jews, Christians, and dare I say Hindus, etc that go around killing large groups of people. Meanwhile, Fanatical Muslins have made it an art and everyday practice of it. Are you protecting a generalization against them?
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I do not doubt that there are members of all religions who advocate cleansing the earth that [insert diety here] gave to them alone of the infidels who worship [insert other deity here]. In the immortal words of the Jefferson Airplane, that "doesn't mean shit to a tree."
While I can understand the appeal of simplicity, the problem with generalizations is that they fail to take into account way too much. One of the biggest problems we inflicted upon ourselves in the cold war is the "Bonanza" mentality - everybody is wearing white hats or black hats, and there is no in between. The fact that Islamic people are killing off others in the Sudan does not AUTOMATICALLY make this a part of some galactic "islamist" conspiracy, and that alone is no reason for us to get involved - nor, I might add, is the fact that the folks they are killing are Christian.