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Originally posted by Not Me
What a dumbass you are. The fact that a view is extreme or moderate isn't determined simply by the number of people who believe it.
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True, as far as it goes. However, your terms extreme and moderate are subjective, necessarily implying the need for context and nuance , which you seem to be fundamentally incapable of providing.
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Originally posted by Not Me
If 90% of UK muslims supported AQ's actions on 9/11, would that make them moderates? Of course not.
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No. It would mean that the UK muslims were a rather "extreme" community, on the whole. Your 13% number would tend to show that they are not.
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Originally posted by Not Me
Are you not shocked that 10% of muslims living in the UK (note - not in the middle east), agree with AQ terrorist attacks on the US? That is in a fucking prosperous democratic society no where near the Israeli palestinian conflict that they think that. And those were the one's willing to admit that to a stranger on the telephone.
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Not shocked at all. Nor should you be. Fucking science major.
Fondness for romanticized causes promoted by daring acts of violence against foreigners are hardly artifacts of history, even among citizens of "civilized" and "prosperous" nations. For example, at one time in the not too distant past (last two decades), you'd probably have had a measurable percentage of Americans expressing support for IRA attacks on targets in Northern Ireland and Britain (probably higher than 10% among Irish-Americans.)
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