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Originally Posted by I, fuzzbot.
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Originally Posted by KevinTheOmnivore
and this serves as a pretty poor example for your argument.
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And what was my argument in the first place? "This is wrong." Was I making excuses for their behavior? No. I already admitted to the fact that they were grossly overreacting and I even used another example (what happened in Holland) to back my statement up. I brought this merely for the sake of discussion, I'm not saying, "Hey look! It's not just the Muslims!"
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Sorry, it just seemed like that was the implication. You contributed it to the debate, so I took it the wrong way.
So then let's discuss it-- what does this example in Greece say? How does it compare to what's going on in the Middle East???
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Guess what? Most of these people were street kids who were just happy to find a reason to riot and yell at shit. Members of parliament are burning flags to take the attention off of them, since they were being heavily critisized.
I think that should say something about those who blindly assume it's "Islam!" and not just the stupidity of the few. This goes for "terrorism" in general, as well.
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I think you're right, that it is a little bit of Islam, a little bit of tyranny, poverty, and all that stuff. I guess maybe the world would like to see perhaps a louder condemnation of that tiny, vocal minority.
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The website I provided earlier which apologized to Denmark and Norway actually represents the opinions of the majority.
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How do you know this? I think you're right, that no country or faith should be judged simply for what a vocal minority does, but I think the response by the press in Tehran is a fine example of the silent majority just not "getting it."