Re: How Muslims and Americans think differently

"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Is it always wrong to kill innocent civilians?
>
> 46% of Americans say it is.
>
> 70-80% of the savages in several predominantly Muslim Middle and Near
> East countries say it is.[/color]

I saw other references to that poll. There's probably a disconnect there in
terms of who Muslims think is "innocent," with that concept for some of them
being somewhat different than we're accustomed to. It could well be that
some of them think any non-Muslim not living as a "dhimmi" (not sure I got
that right) isn't innocent. However, I'm pretty well acquainted with some
Muslims and none of the ones I know think that way. Our ham-handed foreign
policy is pushing more of them away, of course, and radicalizing more but
that's a problem for the next President to solve.

However, Muslim perceptions aside, I'm apalled - but not particularly
surprised - with the American reponse to the question. In fact, the poll
probably didn't properly count the attitude of Americans who think that
anyone who happens to live in the Middle East or happens to be Muslim is
already guilty and thus the question is practically irrelevant in the
G-SAVE.

Look at Hachi's recent remarks. Essentially it was: we got hit, so we had
to invade *someplace* and it didn't matter too much where as long as we can
feel studly about it.



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DH wrote:[color=blue]
> "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:1172590255.062564.66270@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
> > Is it always wrong to kill innocent civilians?
> >
> > 46% of Americans say it is.
> >
> > 70-80% of the savages in several predominantly Muslim Middle and Near
> > East countries say it is.[/color]
>
> I saw other references to that poll.[/color]

Do you know the name of the poll or have any links? Because I can no
longer find where I saw that poll.

"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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>
> DH wrote:[color=green]
>> "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
>> news:1172590255.062564.66270@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Is it always wrong to kill innocent civilians?
>> >
>> > 46% of Americans say it is.
>> >
>> > 70-80% of the savages in several predominantly Muslim Middle and Near
>> > East countries say it is.[/color]
>>
>> I saw other references to that poll.[/color]
>
> Do you know the name of the poll or have any links? Because I can no
> longer find where I saw that poll.
>[/color]


Here's something:
[url]http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=248[/url]

"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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>
> DH wrote:[color=green]
>> "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
>> news:1172590255.062564.66270@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Is it always wrong to kill innocent civilians?
>> >
>> > 46% of Americans say it is.
>> >
>> > 70-80% of the savages in several predominantly Muslim Middle and Near
>> > East countries say it is.[/color]
>>
>> I saw other references to that poll.[/color]
>
> Do you know the name of the poll or have any links? Because I can no
> longer find where I saw that poll.
>[/color]


More:

[url]http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/international_security_bt/221.php?nid=&id=&pnt=221&lb=btis[/url]

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:[color=blue]
> "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:1172612424.724398.173580@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com...[/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
> > Is it always wrong to kill innocent civilians?
> >
> > 46% of Americans say it is.
> >
> > 70-80% of the savages in several predominantly Muslim Middle and Near
> > East countries say it is.[/color][/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
> > Do you know the name of the poll or have any links? Because I can no
> > longer find where I saw that poll.[/color]
>[/color]
[color=blue]
> Here's something:
> [url]http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=248[/url][/color]

Wow. Jordanians give a 100% unfavorable rating for Jews. :(
[color=blue]
> More:
>
> [url]http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/international_security_bt/221.php?nid=&id=&pnt=221&lb=btis[/url][/color]

That's pretty consistent with the poll I saw.

dh wrote:[color=blue]
> "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:1172612424.724398.173580@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com...[/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
> > Is it always wrong to kill innocent civilians?
> >
> > 46% of Americans say it is.
> >
> > 70-80% of the savages in several predominantly Muslim Middle and Near
> > East countries say it is.[/color]
>
> I saw other references to that poll.
>[color=green]
> > Do you know the name of the poll or have any links? Because I can no
> > longer find where I saw that poll.[/color]
>
> No direct link to the poll itself but this is an interesting story on it:
>
> [url]http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0223/p09s01-coop.html[/url][/color]

That's the one. Thanks!