Anger: Terrorist <> Arab

[RyeBread]

I knew this would be a problem again, since it has happened before.

Americans are understandly angry about the terrorist attack on innocent citizens. The hijackers are known to be of Middle Eastern decent, and a couple of them were living in Miami while they received flight training.

The problem I'm talking about is that a few people in the United States have displaced their anger on Arab & Indian people living in the US. There were rocks thrown through businesses and religous buildings, hateful phone calls, and direct threats toward these people.

This is an unfair generalization that can have very dangerous effects on the country. It is no more accurate to act out toward these people than it would be to be angry at everyone who lives in Miami. This is "Guilt by Association", and it is unfounded.

The terrorist groups are small pockets of people who operate on their own beliefs. Even if some Arab nations don't like the United States, it is not fair to be hateful toward all people because they fit a stereotype. All people should be treated equally, and as an individual.

It's tough to keep emotions in check sometimes, but this is important.

[ghost ryder]

well said, well said

[Cander]

One thing I fear is what could happen in here in my town of Macon, GA.

We have a commercial pilot training school and the majortiy of the students there are of Arabic/Islamic nationality. Being in a deep south town there are lots of racist's people here that would jump at any chance to harass or hurt these people.

[InvisibleDuncan]

That's why I thought this might be worth reading...
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...hreadid=103471

[DerFarm]

I've been called a traitor because I spoke against indiscriminant
nuclear bombing.

I was accused of being a ****** for objecting to the
term "raghead".


Welcome to the Deep South.

[InvisibleDuncan]

You ain't from around here, are ya, boy?

Those guys are wierd.

[chenko]

My gf, being arab has had lots of abusive threats over this.... did she do it? i very well doubt it... but people dont seam to see this thou... and it makes me mad at my own country for it!

[Olly]

The problem is, that those arabs who support Bin Laden and the Taliban have left Afghanistan shortly after the attack. So if Kabul will be bombed they will not hit anything but the poor people. Many of them have suffered by millions of mines planted by the soviets in the Soviet Afghan war. Russia proposed to America to create an international anti terrorist group ages ago. But they refused. They supported the taliben. Bin Laden was teached by the US. When houses in Moscow were blown up by these a**holes the nato propaganda said that the russians would have blown them up themselves!!! in order to blame the chechens! Hundrets of people died! Can you belive that? Would somebody say that the us did that deliberately to blame it onto the taliban???? Now, when it is concerning the US everybody is in shock. I tell you, now you understand what is going on in chechnia. Nobody talked about 200.000 russian refugees that fled from there because of the terror made by arab fundamentalist mercenery.
I felt totally disgusted when everybody said that was russia itself that blew up its own houses. Now you probably understand that.
It was the mistake of the US that the taliban now is in Afghanistan. Only the poor people always had to suffer. I think that the governments of this earth should never forget, that behind a government there are always the people.
But without anything happening it was easy for the US talking s*** about Russia and Chechnia. Now they got it. Now they realized it. It now is more important than ever to unite and fight the common enemy, especially its rich roots payed and supported by the oil that you tank into your car without having too many innocent people to suffer.