Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ...
by TheOtherHobbes on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @07:30AM
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>globally speaking, a significant number of adherents of Islam hold ideas that are incompatible with an open society.
You could say the same about the followers of other religions. And of certain popular political persuasions. And of many economic belief systems.
Just because adherents don't usually make the news by indiscriminately shooting members of the public doesn't mean they don't do incredible damage in other ways.
A public massacre is a horror, for obvious reasons. But it's not truly more horrible than many other everyday outrages, some of which take place on much bigger and longer timescales.
You could say the same about the followers of other religions. And of certain popular political persuasions. And of many economic belief systems.
Just because adherents don't usually make the news by indiscriminately shooting members of the public doesn't mean they don't do incredible damage in other ways.
A public massacre is a horror, for obvious reasons. But it's not truly more horrible than many other everyday outrages, some of which take place on much bigger and longer timescales.