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Originally Posted by Oriphiel
It didn't start with "extremists being unable to handle criticism". It started thousands of years ago, with people being intolerant towards cultures that were different from their own, creating feuds that exist to this day. Try growing up in Israel or the Gaza Strip, where both sides launch missiles at each other on a monthly basis. Try watching your family blown to pieces in front of your eyes, and not feeling a seething hatred towards the people you blame for their demise. Try growing up in an area that has virtually no economy, because crazy dictators have smashed everything to pieces in order to fill their pockets. This is a complicated problem that has existed for longer than you realize, and guess what? People have tried to solve it with violence. They have tried this approach for thousands of years, and it has only made things worse. So let's drop the "us versus them" mentality, and finally admit that all of humanity shares this bed called earth, so it isn't wise for us to keep crapping in it.
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i really disagree. i think you are failing to take the extremists at their word. they say what they care about is islamic law. pure and simple. that's not me or the media or whoever else saying it, that's them. you can't actually blame it all on socioeconomic factors and imperialism without utterly disregarding the extremists' own message. the issues you cite are part of the cause, but only part. there is an ideological root at the core of their mentality that is a basic rejection of liberal values. i know that fact makes some of us uncomfortable but it is what it is.