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Bownesian · 09-03-2010, 12:06 AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...errorists.html

In that poll (taken weeks after the 7/7 bombings), 6% of the Muslims polled said that the London Tube Bombings were justified; 24% have sympathy with the bomber's motives. (526 British Muslim adults surveyed). This is not the only poll of its kind in the UK and those represent huge numbers of people and not the fractional minority that it is politically correct to pretend.

I doubt that a poll of people who call themselves "environmentalists" would support the sour gas pipeline bombings in such numbers, nor would Catholics be in support for the shielding of pedophile priests in such numbers. Because of this, I think that the OP's reasoning is specious.

I also doubt the numbers in Canada would be so high but they were alarming to me at the time. I *am* fearful of a large group of people who believe that western societies should be changed (forcefully or peacefully) into Islamic states because I have traveled in some of those countries. For a time in history, those states were cosmopolitan centres of learning and science but now they are brutal, backwards, misogynistic and despotic despite great resource wealth.

09-03-2010, 12:06 AM	#49
Bownesian Scoring Winger Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bowness Exp:	http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...errorists.html In that poll (taken weeks after the 7/7 bombings), 6% of the Muslims polled said that the London Tube Bombings were justified; 24% have sympathy with the bomber's motives. (526 British Muslim adults surveyed). This is not the only poll of its kind in the UK and those represent huge numbers of people and not the fractional minority that it is politically correct to pretend. I doubt that a poll of people who call themselves "environmentalists" would support the sour gas pipeline bombings in such numbers, nor would Catholics be in support for the shielding of pedophile priests in such numbers. Because of this, I think that the OP's reasoning is specious. I also doubt the numbers in Canada would be so high but they were alarming to me at the time. I am fearful of a large group of people who believe that western societies should be changed (forcefully or peacefully) into Islamic states because I have traveled in some of those countries. For a time in history, those states were cosmopolitan centres of learning and science but now they are brutal, backwards, misogynistic and despotic despite great resource wealth.