Boston Marathon Terrorist Attack

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Of course, there are idiots in every country, but there's a part of me that thinks the behaviour of those celebrating the Boston suspect's capture was more typical of a mainstream way of thinking than was the attack on a paediatrician by people thinking they were a paedophile.

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That "mainstream way of thinking" was justified elation at the authorities for a job well done . . . and a very bad guy off the streets.

This is not a one-off situation--we've been under siege by PEOPLE WE HAVE WELCOMED INTO OUR COUNTRY. I'd like to offer a very short list of Muslim extremist violence against Americans on American soil:

1) Bombed the WTC in the early 90s.
2) Flew two planes into both WTC towers
3) Flew a plane into the Pentagon
4) Tried to fly a plane into another high-profile government target but were thwarted by passengers (but all passengers were killed)
5) An extremist who infiltrated our own US Army turns his gun on a dozen servicemen, killing them, at a military base in Texas.
6) Boston bombing

You will have to pardon us jacka$$es for being viscerally overwhelmed that we got a small measure of our safety back. I realize it's difficult for many to fathom this basic concept.

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Originally Posted by Starter

yes, several.

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And what do they say? Do you criticise them for not condemning those responsible for Islamic extremism, or for taking 'little action to oppose or stop it'?

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Originally Posted by keysersoze

You will have to pardon us jacka$$es for being happy we got a small measure of our safety back. I realize that means so very little to others.

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Not at all. When similar things happen to us, we don't go on about it, though. As I've said repeatedly, look at Norway. That's how best to act as a country in the face of horrors committed by extremists. Britain was generally restrained following the 2005 tube bombings, too, and in the face of an IRA threat going back decades. You don't have a monopoly on feeling threatened.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

What you hear of these things is what your favoured media outlets choose to tell you. Do you have any Muslim acquaintances or friends?

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Once again akin to the post that followed this by Ioan you jump at the chance to make a conclusion based on either the lack of education in the US or

the political slant of what certain posts state.

What Starter has said is absolutely correct. Where have you seen the outrage (within the Muslim community)and condemnation of the attacks by these

two who without a doubt are and were Muslim.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Who makes and watches most patriotic and violent movies on this planet?!
Which country has the 2nd highest level of brainwashing it's citizens, 2nd only to North Korea, into believing that they are so special and better then other nations on Earth?!

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Tell us which country you are speaking of? Comparing an other country apparently within the western world is a very bold and serious statement to make in the current climate.

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Originally Posted by Spafranco

Once again akin to the post that followed this by Ioan you jump at the chance to make a conclusion based on either the lack of education in the US or

the political slant of what certain posts state.

What Starter has said is absolutely correct. Where have you seen the outrage (within the Muslim community)and condemnation of the attacks by these

two who without a doubt are and were Muslim.

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A simple Google search for 'Muslim condemnation of Boston bombings' will bring up numerous reports. The criticism is there if one chooses to look for it — not that it's of the slightest influence when dealing with warped minds.

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Originally Posted by Spafranco

Tell us which country you are speaking of? Comparing an other country apparently within the western world is a very bold and serious statement to make in the current climate.

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'A serious statement to make in the current climate'? That's a bit overblown. ioan's just some chap on a message board, you know.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Given that quite a few Americans confused Chechnya with the Czech Republic, I think we can be forgiven for claiming some degree of intellectual superiority over those individuals at least.

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Quite a few Americans? Where? The media,forums or those you know? Certainly I'm sure it would be quite easy for one to find such people in Europe.

You would have to agree, correct?

Not all Europeans would be able to name all of the former satellite countries of Russia or those seeking independence. Could you?

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

A simple Google search for 'Muslim condemnation of Boston bombings' will bring up numerous reports. The criticism is there if one chooses to look for it — not that it's of the slightest influence when dealing with warped minds.

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Thank you. You just proved what most of us on this forum have stated (Americans I mean). You have to Google it. Pretty sad.

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Originally Posted by Spafranco

Quite a few Americans? Where? The media,forums or those you know? Certainly I'm sure it would be quite easy for one to find such people in Europe.

You would have to agree, correct?

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I very much doubt it would be quite so easy, in spite of the numbers of moronic individuals to be found on my own shores.

Don't forget, this prompted the Czech ambassador in Washington to issue an official statement of 'clarification'.

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Originally Posted by Spafranco

Not all Europeans would be able to name all of the former satellite countries of Russia or those seeking independence. Could you?

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Yes, I could. And I certainly wouldn't get Chechnya and the Czech Republic muddled up. That's plainly idiotic.