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Originally Posted by Wren57
See, that is an intelligent post. Wasn't so hard, was it. 
I actually agree with every word of what you said. And yes, Christians bitch about things, but bitching hurts nobody. Rioting and attacking people over a cartoon does. Our difference in opinion isn't the situation now, but how to deal with it. I think the best way to deal with the problem has a couple parts;
1. Most importantly, protect Americans. Hunt down and eliminate people that pose LEGITIMATE threats to the US and US interests.
2. Educate the masses about the meaning of free speech. This will be done easiest by introducing democracy. The idea that everyone gets an equal opinion is very enticing and WILL lead to greater acceptance. There is a reason more countries are democracies now than ever.
3. LEAVE. After the seed of democracy has taken root and we ensure the innocents have a sufficient level of safety to have a fair shot at life, we need to get the f*ck out so our lasting impression is not that of imperialistic occupiers.
If you disagree with any of those 3 steps, please explain why you think it is wrong and what you would do different. |
Holy crap, the end of the world is near.
You make it sounds so simple, but the fuck it is. I am looking back at romania, which came out from under the communist rule more than 17 years ago, and democracy is understood that everyone can shit whenever they want, do whatever they want. And romania is not the only contry that had that happen. Look at russia and the other easter europena countries. Nothing seems to work the way you just imagined. And to be there for about 17 years seems pretty damn imperialist to me.
And the muslims never reformed their religion since it's begining. How about christianity ? Remeber the inquisitions ? sounds to me kinda like what the muslims are doing now ? Just a more recent even is that of shinead o'connor when she claimed to "destroy the real enemy" and ripped the picture of the pope. What was the reaction ? She got banned from radio stations, tv stations and got a lot of bad publicity. I can only imagine the reaction if someone says anything bad about jesus or some other figures in christianity. And on both sides of the fence there are the religious nuts, who can only see their pov.