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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Not much, because passive beliefs are not particularly helpful.
Tom Friedman had a very good piece (for him) in the NYTimes today, that talked about the need for Muslims to confront Muslims over extremism, bombings, murders, etc. I've said something similar on the board several times.
How many Muslims marched to protest some cartoons or some statement by the pope? How many -- even in countries where they are fully capable of organizing and of speaking freely -- have done the same in response to Muslim violence?
Sorry, but Slave and Penske are right on this one.
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What do you think they're saying? Penske and I seem to agree.
As enchanted as I am about the prospect of once again arguing here about when it is that members of some large group have the responsibility to denounce other, extremist members of that large group, I'm going to have to pass. I said my piece when we argued about whether lacrosse players should be marching to protest the loutish behavior of Duke's lacrosse players, and again when we argued about whether prosecutors should be marching to protest the actions of the Durham DA, and I don't have anything to add on the subject.
