And this is you, addressing the statistics in 2007:
freediver wrote on Apr 24
th, 2014 at 12:38pm:
How far back in time do you have to go, in the US and Europe, before the total from all types of non-Muslim terrorism combined matches the death toll from 9/11, and the later attacks in Europe?
Why do all those statistics so steadfastly avoid addressing the issue of death toll?
Not sure, FD. How far back in time do we have to go to suggest this -
FD thanking a poster for posting the report we're discussing in this thread:
freediver wrote on Jul 19
th, 2007 at 9:46am:
Thanks skeptic, that really says it all. Some people like to blow certain issues way out of proportion.
Or this -
freediver wrote on Jul 19
th, 2007 at 3:10pm:
My contention is if there were no attacks by muslins, there would be few if any by seperatists.
Where on earth did you get that idea from? Islamic terrorism is fairly new in the west. The separatist stuff has been going on for ages - pretty much for as long as there have been empires and nation states in Europe. The separatist stuff is at the opposite end of it's life, with most movements engaged in peace movements with significant potential.
The seperatist one woud prob be in retaliation to , or prompted bny muslims killing french people.
Do you know what separatist means in this context?
freediver - I believe islam terrorism is done by muslims who correctly interperet the koran.
Despite claims to the contrary from people with far more experience in dealing with terrorism?
That is in agreeance to what hilali stated
Hilali has been rejected by his own peers.
Or this -
freediver wrote on Jul 19
th, 2007 at 4:32pm:
seperatists want their own country cause theirs is being taken over by islam
No. Not everything is about Islam sprint, even if you try to make it so. Islamic terrorists want their own country because the west is interfering in the middle east. The separatists mentioned in the report would be non-muslim groups in Europe rebelling against the expansionist Christian empires.
freediver - islam has always been violent.
Not to any greater extent than other religions.
It is getting more violent.
Hence it is not soemthing inherent to the religion - as is usually the case there are other factors.
hilali had studied it for decades, he was their elected spokesman for all of aussie.
Until he started sprouting crap.
those dealing with terrorists are trying to placate everyone.
The people who you quoted above who disagree with you are the ones locking them up. And besides, it's a far better idea than winding people up for no good reason.
How do you know what they really think ?
How do you? There is more than enough in human nature to make people violent. There is no need to recourse to religion and to do so usually oversimplifies the problem in way that make it worse.
Why don't the "moderates" just chat with the "extremists" and show them where they have misinterpreeted it ?
Would the hamas not have discovered their error in the past 30 years ??
Talk about oversimplification.... You think differences in interpretations and people using religion to back political goals is something that can just be ended over a cup of tea? FYI, Muslims have been trying to 'chat' with the west about the US getting out of the middle east for a long time. Do you think the US listened? You yourself sprout all this nonsense about your interpretation of Islam. How many Muslims have you spoken to about it?
How far back in time?
7 years.
Which is strange, because the report you were praising 7 years ago was exactly the same report you're condemning today.
7 years ago, you said this:
freediver wrote on Jul 19
th, 2007 at 9:46am:
Some people like to blow certain issues way out of proportion.
Today, you say this:
freediver wrote on Apr 23
rd, 2014 at 9:24pm:
ian wrote on Apr 23
rd, 2014 at 9:21pm:
i also posted statistics and a source to back up my claim, you dispute them. Fair enough, post your source.
My stance is that you are full of crap, your statistics do not in any way back up your original claim, and they grossly misrepresent the threat of terrorism within Europe.
I think we need a new Wiki, FD.