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By contrast, Islamic terrorist sympathizers and possibly the terrorists themselves have been using the free hosting service to post videos.

Remember kids, if you are against the war in Iraq you are a terrorist sympathisor

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Originally posted by tathi Remember kids, if you are against the war in Iraq you are a terrorist sympathisor

I am against the War in Iraq, but do you think I am a terrorist sympathiser??

It was the way that sentence was worded I agree that skirting around extremist muslim sensetivities is idiotic, all political correctness is inane. and i can guarantee you Christians would have also pertitioned youtube to take down videos that shed their religion in bad light... i have nothing to prove this, but i know conservative christians all too well

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Originally posted by LazFX Why should the Muslims think that they are so special not to have "ANYONE" be critical of them?? Jews, Christian, Hindu and other religions have been the focus at one time or another. But lets not upset the Muslims,

Probably because the people at yourtube dont want their collective asses blown up one morning?

But they also removed a bunch of videos of girls dancing revealing their bodies. And such.

I have great deal of respect to Muslims, especially back in Russia where I had some great friends amongst them ;-) BUT

I try to stay out of the religious threads when I can, but this one I must comment on:

Funny to note than Muslims can do many wacky things to our religions and ethnic groups, but when we do it against them using just words, its SO EVIL,

How many times did many thousands of Muslims burned flags, attacked embassies and innocent civilians, ridiculed our western ways on their television, made funny cartoons and satires on it, murdered activists promoting equality in Muslim lands (like that director from Netherlands who was stabbed several times), and twisted around Koran for their own agenda ... while we ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED to say anything about Islam, many thousands of miles around the globe, with different religion and culture. Thats abuse, manipulation, and I am against it.

Iranian leader called for wiping Israel off the face of the Earth, and other than criticism, we didnt go around attacking Muslims, their embassies, and didnt do any violent protests like our Muslim counterparts did. I bet if Tony Blair or whomever else will call for wiping Iran off the face of Earth, millions of Muslims around the world will resort to violence yet again in their response ... Ugh ...

This is so stupid. Islam is one of the most dangerous forces on this planet. If they take over the world then humanity will plunge back into the dark ages .... where's the bright Muslim minds to lead their culture forward?

Couple of my friends have told me how they were threatened, harrassed and humiliated during visits to Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan. Clearly tourists, but they were picked on their clothes, threatened not to walk with a woman to a market on one occasion, spit upon, refused to service, and threatened with death if seen again, etc. I've seen plenty of very religious Muslims here in southern Ontario who came to Canada to start a new life in democracy, but they instead live in seclusion, abuse of family members, darkness and strict rules just like back where they came from. One of my Muslim friends told me how his father beat him and his sister and tried to impose strict lifestyle. Can they ever learn?

I am not saying all Muslims are like that. I've met many nice Muslims, especially in Russia. Here in my local Hamilton, Ontario area I go regularly to a Muslim store and I love their food, and the store owners are nice and they got very happy family. It's the radicalism and extremism thats enflaming the Middle East that worries me.

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Originally posted by Magnetonium It's the radicalism and extremism thats enflaming the Middle East that worries me.

I don't think you won't get much argument about that from anyone here; the sentiment is pretty much unanimous...

minus a few who don't care what the Muslims extremists do as long as it makes BushHitler look bad

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r I don't think you won't get much argument about that from anyone here; the sentiment is pretty much unanimous... minus a few who don't care what the Muslims extremists do as long as it makes BushHitler look bad

Good. I get into enough arguments as it is. Sometimes I think I go too far, and I got too far to push my point.

I have faith in Islam. Hopefully Americans will do something to ease the situation in Middle East / Persian Gulf, like withdrawing some troops and giving back some power / strategic bases to the rightful Muslim owners. Current American expansion in the Middle East will only result in increasing extremism / radicalism IMO. And that worried me.

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