(09-15-2012, 02:52 AM)DeeBye Wrote:(09-14-2012, 10:15 PM)Ashock Wrote: You people are still skirting the real issue here.
What kind of people go nuts in the tens or hundreds of thousands over a movie? Any movie. It is irrelevant as to the movie being right or wrong. It is the reaction. No sane individuals would ever go crazy like this over a movie.
I totally agree with you on this point. I posted this Onion link earlier in this thread (which hits the nail right on the head), but I guess no one saw it or otherwise cared to comment.
I believe both FIT and I did comment on the concept: how far do you want to take it? What's the next step with "that" logic?
Ashock Wrote:A group that is always so angry about every little perceived insult is a group of beings who do not deserve to be a part of the civilized world.
Can you tell where "this" leads? That logic is not part of the solution. Complaining about the issues with the Arabic community in general is obviously not that big of a deal, but suggesting they somehow be ostracized from society? What immediately comes to mind here is the Native Indians in America, Hawaii, and Australia. It's true there has to be a way to deal with people who think like they [middle-eastern] do, but without a true standard that upholds the virtues the rest of civilized society holds true (personal respect, i.e. not-stereotyping, not-profiling, not-segregating), then obviously we are at a stalemate. The fact is, we as a concerned world-wide entity have to establish a way to communicate on their level, and if that means treating middle-eastern's a certain way to get results, then that possibility really needs to be explored; the status quo of treating the middle-east with the same respect as our neighbors isn't working too well for anyone at the moment. I suppose the real question is what's a good way to go about drafting a proposition for something like this? I can't think of any that aren't overtly prejudiced, and thus bound to be rejected anyhow, can you?
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