You, good sir or madam, are a liar. I never said any such thing.
Sounded like it though to be honest.
I believe I can see where you're coming from, and can see some sense in it if I'm correct. But even then, your method of delivery probably fuels the fire more than it helps put it out.
If Muslims publicly spoke out against the problematic aspects of Islam and terrorism and publicly sought reform on a global scale, would you redact or amend your statement that Muslims are not innocent?
Let's put it that way:
I don't like Islam. I don't want to be associated with Islam neither. I never went to a Mosque. Never Prayed, never did one religious ritual.
As much as I don't like Islam, I also don't like Christianity or Judaism. Any extremists from any of these religions (actually all religions) are the people I don't want to be near of.
Ibian has the right to stay away from the Muslims. He may not like them. He can do those.
But while he is doing that, he also says anything the Christians did in the past was right because it was always the other side who provocated his side.That's not a healthy way to think imo.
I agree with that. I don't think you have any right to complain about Muslims raping if you condone Christians raping, for whatever reasons. Given the Islamic conquest of the past I may be able to defend the Crusades as a an offensive defense tactic (again I don't know enough about this to talk with any authority). But as soon as you justify rape and torture in the process of your defense you've forfeited the right to stigmatize your opponent, as you become identical.
That said, in some cases demonizing a group of people associated with a type of behaviour could help them wake up and fix the problems within their community. So I'm a bit on the fence about what I should think about Ibian's remarks. I don't know what his intent is when making such.
There may be a factor that is not as commonly known as I thought it should be.
In order to fight a war, you have to demonize the Other. You have to make them Not Human. That's why we give nicknames to other groups of people. Krauts, slant eyes, chinks. Musselmen, sand niggers.
I know an afghan vet, went to school with him long ago. He told me that they call the locals "jallas" cause they yell jalla jalla jalla when they attack. It's a basic psychological principle and we do it automatically.
Why do we do it? Because otherwise we are the ones who end up dead instead of them.
We are at war. That's what terror attacks are, they are acts of war. And as long as we keep pretending that they are Just Like Us, they will keep killing us and we will keep doing nothing. It is literally a matter of survival.
