I don't know why people are surprised by hateful rhetoric after an attack like this.
It's human nature to be quite vengeful after loved ones are killed. I think any soldier in the military that lost a buddy would feel pretty pissed and angry at the ones responsible. Heck it'd be hard for anyone to keep their emotions in check.
What would actually be unnatural is to welcome more Muslims and not show any remorse.
Not saying we should go on a hate-filled Crusade against all Muslims, but the rhetoric from some is understandable, even more logical than the whole "standing together, kumbaya, us Muslims love you, yada yada" that doesn't do anything to actually stop this.
I can understand why it was censored. Much of what Eric wrote is true and does occur,
except for the part about painting the entire country with that brush.Yes there are cultural practices of child marriage and 'dancing boys'. It's supposably illegal but the laws are not enforced. These practices tend to occur in rural areas where education is low. It doesn't happen in the more 'civilised' parts of the country.
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Western society has moved past the stage of having troops and armies roaming the streets.
So when you have armed gangs who look like they belong in a military unit mowing people down in callous cold blood on the streets of Paris, then yes it does leave a more lasting impression than it if occurred in downtown Baghdad.
Snowden may well be right, the West has spent trillions on 'security'. It's the wrong solution to the problem. You can't eliminate an ideology this way. You need to change the cultures at the source.
At some point (even lefties like me) need realise there are certain aspects of certain cultures that need to be eliminated. Cultures are not all equal and desirable of preservation.
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But eliminating aspects of a culture takes decades if not centuries sometimes. Racism is still in the US, women and men don't have perceived equal rights still. It takes a long time to rip things out of society's souls. Are we willing to wait that long for extremism to die out?
ISIS are interpreting the Quran literally as it is. They are very strict adherents to what Islam was traditionally about. But even religions change. Christians did, even the Pope is reconsidering issues. But Islam in comparison to other religions hasn't as much. Yes there are many secular nations. But there's quite a few more people who don't think that way. You don't need so many people or even a country to start a raging fire anymore.
I do blame media for portrayal of Muslims. When Americans think of Muslims/Islam, they think Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan. They don't think Asia so they're pretty ignorant on that. The media doesn't focus on Muslims in other parts of the world as much that are secular. They don't make headlines because they don't make as much trouble. Although there was a Bali nightclub bombing but as always, people forget.
I do wonder what the tally is for innocents dying by Western powers since 2003 or by French airstrikes now or the bombing in Beirut.