Originally Posted By: L. Brown
Originally Posted By: HomelessjOe
Originally Posted By: L. Brown
The only people responsible for terrorist acts are the terrorists who commit them, and those who provide guidance, direct support, and training to the terrorists. Blaming all Muslims for terrorist acts committed by Islamist terrorists is like blaming all Catholics for the acts of pedophile priests.
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I hear the same thing about what Muslims condone and promote and reward, Joe. Yet after an attack like in Paris or Brussels, all I have to do is google "Muslims condemn Paris attack"--and I get a whole bunch of hits. And remember--just in case you haven't seen a very good movie called "Spotlight"--that the hierarchy of the Catholic Church covered up all that sexual abuse for a very long time. They'd put a priest on sick leave . . . then he'd show up in another parish.

But since you raised the issue of Muslim terrorists . . . did you know....

So Larry, if 'intel' gets us into a multi trillion dollar war, are you saying we can take it out of your paycheck?

Which is it? Are there pedophiles, and those who contribute 'direct support', or are all Catholics being punished in the pocket book and loss of community services because the whole organization is 'blamed' in the form of a crippling financial burden? I suppose there's a third choice, did it come out on dvd?

Are you supposed to use the phrase 'Islamist terrorists'?

What if hundreds of millions of dollars of financial support, and some manpower, for international radical islamic terrorism came out of a handful of US cities and counties. Is that 'direct support', maybe 'guidance'? Why can't we apply the Catholic corollary, and impose a punitive financial burden on all members of a faith for the transgressions of a few, the muslims? Hey, maybe a little financial arm twisting would fix the problem when the sharia police get hit in the wallet.

Do you think sometimes your logic only fits which way the wind is blowing in your neck of the woods at the moment? And about those ducks, last word.

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