AndyMarquisLIVE said:
Not all muslims are terrorists. I saw those towers fall, and I was angry. I wasn't angry at all muslims, I was angry at the thugs who flew those planes in those buildings. I was mad at bin Laden and anybody else responsible.
Last night I watched "United 93" for the first time. In the short documentary "The Families and the Film" Jack Grandcolas, widower of Lauren, one of 93's passengers, said
There was a reporter from The Chronicle that asked me, he said, you know, "Do you want bin Laden dead?" And I, I don't know where it came from; I was just, you know, in shock. But I said, "I don't hate anybody I don't know. That's prejudice; that's... that's what they did; they hated and killed innocent people they didn't know. So to say that I, I hate bin Laden, I want him dead would be no better than them."
So, you know, my anger wasn't so much at... at people I didn't know, it was... my anger was at the circumstances that allowed this to happen, quite frankly. Um, could we have stopped, prevented September 11th? I don't think so. Could we have prevented the devastation? I do believe so.
I can't tell this guy how to feel, nor can I judge his opinion. But I don't understand it either. Effectively, he puts much of the blame on the government - the "circumstances". And bin Laden? Mr. Grandcolas did not say what he thinks
should happen to bin Laden and other terrorists. I am staggered that he puts bin Laden and his kind on the same level with "innocent people".
Hell, I want bin Laden dead and I did not even lose anyone on 9/11! I want all the
proven terrorists dead. If they express hatred towards Western civilization (in general or towards specific entities) and vow to wipe us out that's a good sign that we need to wipe them out first.
As I've said, I can not fathom killing
all the world's Muslims; that's ~1.3
billion people, or ~21.5% of the world population. Not only is that unconscionable, it's unrealistic. That said, there is a portion of that population which holds serious, explicit beliefs - and plans - to counter the West. Those people need to be dealt with accordingly.
It's us or them. Unfortunately, "us" and "them" are not always clearly delineated. (eg., the French and Spanish who are "against" terrorism, but don't want to "fight" terrorism; and the many Muslims who don't "agree" with bin Laden, but they can "understand" his feelings against the West.)
People like Mr. Grandcolas may not believe that, but who knows how many more chances we'll have to wake up before it's altogether too late.
What are Forestool's chocolate chips made out of? 
You make yourself look bad. 100 or 1.3 billion, kill em ALL!!! 
You just had to go there... 
