US bars Muslim leader
Jul. 14th, 2005 08:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
This is the sort of thing that makes me despair of the US government. Do they really want to send the message to ordinary, law abiding Muslims that in the opinion of the United States there is no difference between them and a suicide bomber? You know what? That rapidly becomes true. If you treat reasonable people as enemies that's likely what they will become. If Tony Blair had an ounce of sense and decency he'd be reaming Bush over this nonsense. I'm not holding my breath.
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Date: 2005-07-15 12:38 am (UTC)I tried to argue "If you treat reasonable people as enemies that's likely what they will become" with some of the people on my friends list. Who were threatening to "Boycot [sic] Islam" -- that is, to refuse to patronize Muslims and any business that end up having any Muslims on the payroll.
People are daft. And in the very worst ways possible.
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Date: 2005-07-15 12:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-15 11:03 am (UTC)Grr, mutter, mutter, grrrrr.
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Date: 2005-07-15 01:29 pm (UTC)How many of the Provisional IRA's foot soldiers understand or are committed to the creation of an United Soviet style Socialist Ireland? How many are just in it for the easy money from the booze and cigs racket?
How many American squaddies have a clue what they are doing in Iraq?
I agree with you that AQ's aims are decidedly far fetched but that hasn't stopped people pursuing them for the last 1300 years or so. Besides, are they any more far fetched than the aims of the neocons in the US administration? The world, sadly, is overpopulated with people ready to use violence to attempt to impose simplistic solutions in a complex world.
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Date: 2005-07-15 02:07 pm (UTC)PIRA - hmm, I'm not sure. I initially thought they were fairly committed, but then recent events suggest it has become about the drugs/cash racket.
US Squaddies - well of course they didn't volunteer to go to Iraq...they're just carrying out the orders of the government - and whilst there are undoubtedly acts of needless destruction carried out there, I don't think you can claim they are terrorists.
Men of 30, with or without children of their own, adults? I don't think so...
I could make some snide remark about sports science at Leeds Met but instead I'll just say that receiving education does not equate to intelligence - you only have to see the bigoted attitudes of many politicans to see that.