GordyL wrote on May 6
th, 2016 at 4:25pm:
polite_gandalf wrote on May 6
th, 2016 at 4:20pm:
GordyL wrote on May 6
th, 2016 at 4:15pm:
Karnal wrote on May 6
th, 2016 at 4:06pm:
Sprintcyclist wrote on May 6
th, 2016 at 3:56pm:
No, there is no benefit to having muslims here.
Good point, Sprint. I hadn't considered that.
So, Karnal. Lets suppose we have a skilled Muslim immigrant and an equally skilled non-Muslim.
Can you tell me what upside we have taking the Muslim to counter the possible downsides of possible radicalization?
God thats stupid Gordy.
Explain to me how its a bigger risk for a candidate muslim immigrant to become radicalized than it is for any other non-muslim candidate to become a rapist, murderer, drug lord etc etc etc. Have a greater proportion of muslim immigrants become criminal compared to the proportion of non-muslim immigrants? Maybe thats kinda pertinent point to consider before we lurch aimlessly into this inane thought bubble hmmm?
Oh dear Gandy, you're mixing pots again.
Everyone has an equal chance of becoming a criminal.
The Muslim, particularly from the Middle East has the
additional risk of becoming radicalized.
Herein lies the flaw in your logic.
Is a muslim immigrant more likely to become
a criminal - irrespective of what
type of criminal? That is the question, and until I see evidence to the contrary, the default position has to be no.
Without even considering this crucial piece of information, you simply jump straight to the conclusion that muslims are more prone to criminality because they are prone to "normal" crime + "jihadist" crime, while everyone else is only prone to normal crime.
If we applied your logic, we could say Chinese are at least as "risky" as muslims, because only Chinese immigrants are vulnerable to becoming triad gang criminals - on top of being vulnerable to being regular criminals. Do you understand the flaw in your logic yet?
Well we could say that with many nationalities. Middle Easterners, particularly Lebanese have been highly involved in gang activity. Vietnamese like to grow a bit of hydro, we could go on and on.
have all these plus the added possibility of them being Islamists/Jihadists.