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ADigitalMan
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19-Sep-2006, 1:06 AM
The only thing that annoys me about the Pope is the backpedaling in the name of Political Correctness. While I pretty much disagree with the entire role of the Pope going back to the Great Schism, he's perhaps the one person on earth who doesn't need to apologize for being a Christian to a bunch of muslim hotheads. Apologize for the Inquisition before you apologize for stating the truth about Islam. Cause guess what... Islam and Catholicism have a nasty, nasty history of bloodshed. Just ask the Irish. Or the Slavs.

But that doesn't mean he wasn't right. When your solution to a visual depiction of your prophet results in taking 130 innocent people hostage, clearly your religion is fucked up. When your solution to national independence for your muslim state is to shoot up a school full of children, clearly your religion is fucked up. And when your solution to eradicating the influence of western culture in your geographical area is to sucker-punch 3000 innocent civilians (with the hope of ten times that number) who are just trying to get through their day, clearly your religion is fucked up.

Personally, I've known many muslims over the years. They were all good people in my judgment. But I never heard one of them actually denounce terrorism. Until more muslims start speaking out against the violent extremism with a loud enough microphone that they're heard all the way to Mecca, then they are just being part of the problem and not the solution. When the same kind of violent terror was tearing apart Ireland, at least the Irish people were bold enough to do something about it. And at least the Irish leaders were willing to compromise with the British. We aren't seeing the same thing in the Middle East.