Re: Muslim Londoner: "All Religions Have Their Rotten Apples"


Phaedrine wrote:

> This morning I heard a report on NPR about a convocation of over 5000
> muslims currently taking place in the UK. There was considerable degree
> of whining because some muslims felt they could not attend because of
> the recent bombings. Imagine that--- *they* are afraid. One
> interviewee said he was tired of people saying that islam would have to
> make some changes, reform their religion, etc. "All religions have
> their rotten apples" he said, insisting it was unfair to "single out"
> muslims and that muslims had no intention of changing anything about
> their religion to suit westerners.

I'm not buying the "bad apples" argument for one second. In the first
place, it's just a version of the "No True Scotsman" fallacy in
rhetoric. Secondly, what's rotten is a few adherents, but the entire
superstitious structure of islam.

.. . .

> And then you have the would-be bombers some of whom were not only given
> *sanctuary* by the UK because they feared they would be killed in their
> native muslim countries (Somalia for instance) but were on the dole
> receiving British welfare. No good deed goes unpunished. How can one
> help people who disrespect you for helping them?

The boundless stupidity of the West is demonstrated here. The obvious
question, which I condemn the Brits and anyone else, including the US,
for *not* asking, is *why* do they want to kill you back home?

Of course, that assumes that I actually *care* why they want to kill
someone back home, which I do not.

The one measure which appeals to me is to punish countries whose
internal behavior is such as to cause people to want to leave in the
first place.
.

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