Thread: Hearing on Radical Muslims

Originally Posted by caelum

It really can be a challenge to escape the indoctrinations of our upbringing and come to our own conclusions. Racism and xenophobia are usually inherited. I fail to see how this Peter King is anything more than a bigot. I find his name kind of funny because in my old town I knew a guy Peter King who ran for city council (he was last in the race). I don't see how Islam is at fault for the extremists, merely that in extreme conditions extremists will arise no matter what their religion.

I gather you mean "memetically" rather than "genetically" when you speak of "inherited" ie passed on as traditions rather than as in the genes.

Actually, both, if the science behind people being born with some level of xenophobia, perhaps as an evolved defense mechanism, has any credit.

People here are not born with it, people just dont like the West because of the events that occur. For example people that see the invasion of Iraq and since there is no credible reason for it, they simply start making up reasons for it(none of them nice). Now when these people grow up they will transmit a part of them to their childeren, if new mistakes are made then these people will grow up with the same Ideas. Our parents disliked America, so we had a neuteral stance but that is changing with each blow and eventually we will end up just like our parents.

Weird, it's like the brief exchange between caelum and me about you never happened.

Talking about me infront of my face eh ?

bazz, why do so many little black children wish they were white?

Dunno, maybe we could ask some.

It seems to me that those who can get along have a better life than those who cannot, and the cannot brigade have a louder voice. I don't care for anyone trying to scare me, just to profit from my fear.

I apologise for butting in, and rambling on a bit. I have been a member of our local pub debating team for many a year, and have developed the habit of repeating myself until the drunken opposition gives in. I am not used to such good communicators as your good selves.
If the worse comes to the worse you can always tell me to go away and annoy someone else.