HollyS|1304642844|2913490 said:
natascha|1304636932|2913405 said:
I am continually amazed by how so many people are able to label whole countries and whole religions as terrorists. Especially when it is people I believe to be educated, intelligent and reasonable. And at the same time many people that seem to think that way apparently have a single minded focus on one person.
Sorry for going a bit of topic. I do not really have an opinion on when to remove the troops.
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that is why reasonable political discussions are a fantasy here at PS. Can't be done.
Taken out of context, anything and everything can be offensive, or at the very least, thoughtless. And everyone on PS has, at some point, been guilty of taking someone else's words out of context.
Case in point: no one in this discussion labeled entire countries or whole religions as terrorists.
It would be nice to think someone is merely unsure of what they read, and is trying to clarify. But, rarely does a poster make such observations innocently and without agenda. And agendas are why we cannot discuss politics like adults here on PS. It's just too easy to post that snappy snark meant to put someone else in their place.
Whatever.
Thank you for pointing that out Holly. I had been having a pretty aggravating discussion with some people yesterday about this specific subject (bin Laden, the troops, war on Iraq, etc) and when I then came on here and read some statements that I felt were putting entire religions under the same heading regarding terrorism, I posted without thinking how my post could be understood.
You are right that none here explicitly said entire countries or whole religions are terrorists, but both in this thread and in others on this board some people write about whole religions, etc in a way that at least makes me believe that that is what they mean.
But you are very right that my statement is offensive and uncalled or and for that I am sorry. Regarding me having an agenda, nope I don't, way to blunt for that. Either I will say what I mean or if I believe that no good will come out of it I try to not say anything.
I do not really understand how what I posted is snappy snark, who was I trying to put in their place?