"Islam is a religion of peace," they say.

[cali]

<snip>

No, it's not. Not anymore than Christianity is a religion of love. They're just religions, and what you do with them is all up to the believer. More people have died in the name of religion than in any other catastrophe or plague.

Here is what I know about Hasan:

He was a disgruntled GI who wanted to leave the military for whatever reason: his conscience, his religion, or for personal reasons. He could have left peacefully. He could have quit and paid the price without hurting others, just like Muhammad Ali, who refused the draft to serve in Vietnam but did not feel the need to go on a killing rampage. Instead, he was stripped of his heavyweight title and was sentenced to five years in prison.

Hasan is a coward...not only for committing this heinous act, but for counting on being killed or taking the gun on himself, leaving behind his family and the entire Muslim community to account for his despicable actions.

<snip>

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/11/6/801505/-Dont-Ask-Me-About-Hasan

[msongs]

1. both religions are exclusionary and consider themselves to be the only true ones nt

[timeforpeace]

21. Piece. Not peace. As in pieces. Of people. Islam is the religion of pieces of people.

[cali]

2. I'd love to know the reasons for the unrecs

anyone?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Take a wild guess, genius.

[cali]

4. why don't you just tell me, honeypie.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. I'm too much of a gentleman.

[cali]

10. *snicker*

yep, that's you. every inch the gentleman.

[arcadian]

6. Any mention of the unrec feature seems to garner unrecs.

go figure

[cali]

8. yeah, but it was unrecced prior to my mention of the unrecs.

[Prometheus Bound]

7. I unreced it because I felt it was unfair to take this piece out of its original context.

This was not the point of the writer's diary entry.

[cali]

9. thanks. I disagree. It was a major point of the diary

and I thought it was quite an important point.

[Name removed]

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[Name removed]

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[Rage for Order]

19. Yours may very well be the dumbest comment ever posted on DU

I don't know if it's the dumbest one ever, but it is certainly in the top 3.

[Toasterlad]

22. I Know. Calling Religion Out For It's Hatred of Gays Is SO Stupid.

The catholics and muslims and mormons and christians have never done a THING to gay people. How dare I persecute them??? That would be so dumb!

[Bonn1997]

15. Just use the unrecs as a source of "pride"; that's what I do if *I* believe it was a good thread and

have no shame in posting it.

[Sultana]

12. Muslims are damn hypocritical w/ the whole 'religion of peace' ish

I wonder how long they'll continue to hold on to that farce.


I've been Christian my whole life but I have never heard Christianity referred to as the 'religion of love'. God is love but a sizable # of Christians not so much.

[BunkerHill24]

14. "I wonder how long THEY'll continue to hold on to that farce."

Doncha think that's kinda over the top?

[anonymous171]

13. "More people have died in the name of religion than in any other catastrophe or plague."

Really? I would love to see the stats for that.

[C_Lawyer09]

17. Aaron Watada

As a more analagous example as well as recent.

[C_Lawyer09]

18. Help the tech knuckle dragger

How can I see full script of all the replies at one time versus just the subject titles. Thanks!

[madrchsod]

20. putting aside the religion has killed more people....

yes-everyone involved is paying for his cowardice