I agree Jonnois. Extrapolating this a bit from the story, it's ignorant to say look at the high death rate at the hand of Islam, it's not just the religion that causes these deaths. I'm not justifying that acts of terrorists, but they're not mindless acts to the people who decide to become suicide bombers etc. Look at the state of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan. Can any of you honestly say that if you were living there now with all the violence and death around you, you would have much faith in humanity either, or America, to be more exact, they're always trying to save us from ourselves.JonnoisBored said:Overall i think that to be an Extremist of ANY RELIGION is a very bad thing. Things are taken too literally or misinterpreted and therefore they take the fate and lives of others into their own hands. Personally i believe they see themselves as one of the only ones that can understand what god is saying, (like a messenger) and when this happens normally things turn out badly....
The age old question is how do we live with each other?
I am in full agreement that the teacher should be punished, but not a whole religion ostricised for one idiot's act. Regarding the Islamic school in Camden though, one of the residents said they would like to "preserve western values and traditions" or some such thing. Quoting from my English teacher, "What values are they? Commercialism?"
That's my two cents.