Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Completely and utterly disagree. My fiancee, using her as an example, has absolutely no ties to these people that stormed the Libyan embassy and has absolutely zero need to apologize for their actions. To imply that she is somehow also guilty because of the actions of others that killed and destroyed is, to put it bluntly, extremely offensive to me and has to be insulting to her, and treads on dangerous territory when looking to lay blame for any multitude of things. To believe that people all over the world, merely due to the fact they belong to the same religion (nevermind if they even belong to the same religious sect, unless you think Muslims all believe the same thing), all share in the guilt of these murders and crimes, regardless of the perpetrators own freedom of choice, must mean you also believe they are, at least in part, to blame, too. This kind of position is so divisive and fallacious I don't even know where to begin.
What do you do for a living? If someone that does the same work as you commits a crime, do you carry around a burden of guilt and feel the need to apologize to everyone because you do the same job? Do you feel the need to apologize to other white people when another white person kills someone, or is it only in the case of racial acts (you honestly think "white people" is a community?) Should Wahhabists apologize for the acts of Wahhabists, or do Shi'ites also need to apologize? Alawites? I'm guessing you must also be a big proponent of reparations, then?
Also, define "community," because the actual definition of the word implies, at minimum, some sort of interaction with the individuals of said community. How you can possibly blame in part people on the other side of the world, let alone the other side of the country, that have no role in these crimes, is beyond me. You must carry around a lot of guilt, because using your logic, I could lay a whole lot of things at your feet and claim you to be partially to blame.
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