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AltaGuy · 06-08-2017, 05:56 AM

I don't have an issue with exploring the possibility of allowing some curtailment of freedom of speech and/or religion where it can be shown that there is direct incitement to hatred and terrorism and violence.

However, I find that worthwhile thorny debate somewhat lost in the frothy-mouthed posts here about Sharia law and the backwardsness of "Muslims" more generally.

It is both counter-productive and beside-the-point to leap to introduce all of this extra, barely-veiled bigotry into a debate where it is not required. Sharia law is its own issue, and is different wherever you go. The atrocities committed by rebel groups in the Philippines are an issue apart. There are many issues in the world: that's not new.

If you cannot discuss a specific issue without rattling off a laundry list of perceived wrongs committed by Muslims worldwide - a heterogeneous group of roughly 1.3B people - I'd suggest that you should probably start any related debate by looking at your own views.

06-08-2017, 05:56 AM	#210
AltaGuy AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: At le pub... Exp:	I don't have an issue with exploring the possibility of allowing some curtailment of freedom of speech and/or religion where it can be shown that there is direct incitement to hatred and terrorism and violence. However, I find that worthwhile thorny debate somewhat lost in the frothy-mouthed posts here about Sharia law and the backwardsness of "Muslims" more generally. It is both counter-productive and beside-the-point to leap to introduce all of this extra, barely-veiled bigotry into a debate where it is not required. Sharia law is its own issue, and is different wherever you go. The atrocities committed by rebel groups in the Philippines are an issue apart. There are many issues in the world: that's not new. If you cannot discuss a specific issue without rattling off a laundry list of perceived wrongs committed by Muslims worldwide - a heterogeneous group of roughly 1.3B people - I'd suggest that you should probably start any related debate by looking at your own views.