Reply #158: No, it is not [View All]

[jaybeat]

Two wrongs DON'T make a right. I never said that, or anything remotely LIKE that. But to try to erase one wrong, or pretend it doesn't exist, or that you don't have to understand it, or that you even can, without understanding WHY it is there, WHERE it came from, or the wrong that predated it, will never work. Period.

And your "gay guy" comment is just plain out there. A closer analogy would be if a gay kid in high school is constantly taunted, abused, beat up and harassed, until he finally snaps, gets a gun and shoots up his school. Does all the bad stuff that happened to him "justify" his actions. No. But SO WHAT???!!! Shouldn't we still try to understand what happened, so we can try and solve the problem and prevent a similar outcome from happening again?

Willful ignorance of extremism will not eradicate it. Just look at how well it has worked for our government since 9/11. And trying to silence extremists will also not help eradicate it, or deny them more recruits.

George Bush and the IDF are better terrorist recruiters than 100 TV channels.