chiroptera writes:
I suppose that it would seem that way to someone who has a learning disability. To someone who has reasonably proficient reading skills, it would be clear that I pointed out that it seems to be that the violence has not been very wide spread and fairly localized to areas that are suffering from general unrest due to ongoing warfare.
damn those learning disabilities! How else could I have deduced that when you wrote:
Chiroptera writes:
Seeing that so far it appears that actual violent reactions like church burnings are few and far between and pretty much confined to known war zones that have no shortage of atrocities, anti-Christian or otherwise, and that Muslim reaction seems to be mostly confined to demonstrations,
then you should have no problem, eh? I mean, seeing that you are all for free speech and all (emphasis is mine)
you
didn't really equate my support for free speech with support for limited violent reactions and church burnings (naturally justified if it's in confined war zones ofcourse)
this autistic person humbly offer his apologies.
Chiroptera writes:
Of course, even if the demonstrations are violent, one still should examine the entire historical and political context in which this is occurring rather than jumping into the "Muslims this, muslim that" rhetoric which would only serve to further inflame the situation.
Agreed. When I start using this rhetoric come back to me and we'll talk.
Legend- referring to Muslims who react violently and burn churches writes:
I agree in that Muslims are not doing their cause any good like this.
Having read the Pope's speech, I must say they totally missed (wilfully?) the context of what he said.
Chiroptera writes:
It sounds fairly general to me, and considering some of the anti-Muslim "They are all out to kill us!" rhetoric that we've seen on this very board, I wonder whether it is really too much to ask people to be a little more careful in expressing what they mean.
?? so...using the same reasoning, when I'm responding to, say, iano or Faith and I say something like 'Christians piss me off ' (as I have done) am I saying that the totality of Christianity (every single one of 2.5 billion people) piss me off or is it just iano, Faith and people who think / act like them ??
Get off your high horse and get real!
"In life, you have to face that some days you'll be the pigeon and some days you'll be the statue."