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CCIP · 10-20-10, 11:28 AM

As I keep saying, you can't lump all Muslims together as Osama-loving, Jew-hating Jihad-junkies. Some of the brightest, most ethical and most open-minded people that I've worked with in Canada have been Muslim. Hell, two of the three people on my thesis committee are Muslim, and I'd trust them with their understanding of Canadian society and politics more than I would many anglo- or franco-Canadians.

I have a couple of Calgarian friends, both of whom seem quite happy with this. One is nominally Muslim, and also happens to be a bass player in a punk band. Average sort of kid who gets along perfectly well with the rest of Canada. Why can't the rest of us?

While extremists can go to hell, let's not assume anyone who has a religious affiliation stands on the extreme side of it.

10-20-10, 11:28 AM	#6
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	As I keep saying, you can't lump all Muslims together as Osama-loving, Jew-hating Jihad-junkies. Some of the brightest, most ethical and most open-minded people that I've worked with in Canada have been Muslim. Hell, two of the three people on my thesis committee are Muslim, and I'd trust them with their understanding of Canadian society and politics more than I would many anglo- or franco-Canadians. I have a couple of Calgarian friends, both of whom seem quite happy with this. One is nominally Muslim, and also happens to be a bass player in a punk band. Average sort of kid who gets along perfectly well with the rest of Canada. Why can't the rest of us? While extremists can go to hell, let's not assume anyone who has a religious affiliation stands on the extreme side of it. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)