Hey Theresa(Bikerchic)

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Originally Posted by catinthedark

and holy crap - that is unbelievably racist and offensive. all people from pakistan are plotting and planning? do you assume that all muslims are extremists, too? fact: every single one of the 17 men arrested saturday were CANADIAN. just as the london bombers were british. there is profound misinformation and misunderstanding about islam and muslims. not all muslims are extremists. not all muslims are terrorists. there were hundreds of thousands of muslims who were just as shocked and dismayed and disgusted by Sept. 11, the london and madrid bombings, and these arrests.

It's what I've been saying for years. You just can't trust those damn Canadians.



Seriously, though, I agree Cat. Theresa's obviously speaking out of anger and fear based on personal experience that she's had with a specific group of people. And she did state that she doesn't think all people from the Middle East are terrorists. It's easy for us to say "oh, don't say that, they're not all at fault, you're being racist" but it must be hard to have your business suffer when you're trying to support your family. When the people involved all happen to be the same nationality, it's hard not to lash out at an entire group of people. I'm not saying she's right, I'm saying I understand where she's coming from.

Now SIMMER DOWN, Theresa! Don't make me come up there & kick your ass!