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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Create (along with the mirror image of this behaviour) potentially irreparable political polarization that is at present doing its level best to slowly erode the foundations our society rests on. Which is what this thread should be about rather than focusing on Islam specifically, I guess, but it's not my thread so what do I know. And besides, I know there's not much point in saying so; you've just spent about a page trying to convince anyone who will listen that this issue is all in Thor's head and there's nothing to worry about.
Anyway, I'm not sure that anyone is arguing that Islam must be destroyed lest it destroy our way of life. I would say that some might take that position with respect to religion generally, if they weren't particularly nuanced. One might also take a modified version of that view with respect to Islamism; namely that a clash with that particular political ideology is inevitable as its adherents can't be negotiated with.
Modified to one of those two views that I think people actually hold, they can be disputed, obviously. I would say that discarding them as fantasy is essentially useful idiocy, but that's beside the point - you can offer rational reasons for rejecting what you've characterized as the "clash of civilizations" perspective. You can't dispute a self-righteous manichean attitude like Crumpy-Gunt's; it's an instant death sentence to rational discourse.
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Ouch that hurt my feelings a bit.
You are silly. "namely that a clash with that particular political ideology is inevitable as its adherents can't be negotiated with."
Do you truly believe in your heart of hearts that WESTERN BLOODY CIVILIZATION and all her armies and resources are in any way threatened by a group of bearded extremists in their tens of thousands.
You seem to put so much effort into coming across (via text) as a smart person but really you cant be that smart if you think political Islam is a dangerous opponent and an inevitable clash. Not China or Russia?
What will the scope/nature of this clash be? Canada vs political Islam? Europe vs political Islam? Western civilization vs political Islam?
Wow. I never saw this coming. I thought political Islam was the biggest enemy and danger to the lives of Muslims living in the middle east and the well-being of majority Muslim nations such as Syria, Iraq and Libya.
How do you go to sleep if you think there is some impending clash of civilizations? Have you joined the army? Can you shoot yet?