Phatscotty wrote:wut? Why would 'pretend' apology only 'apologize' for the great contributions to humanity?
Overall, I don't get why the religion of xyz person gets the credit or the blame. I think a person can be inspired by their faith and give thanks to their faith, but it's the person who does or doesn't do something. And many times many people are not even really religious at all, they just happen to be born in a certain place and go along with what their parents tell them.
They don't in all cases. Is the religious affiliation of the financiers most culpable for the banking crisis ever mentioned in serious news coverage? Is the religion of the soldiers found to be torturing and desecrating prisoners in the middle east in the last decade brought up? For all the coverage about Zimmerman, including all the race stuff, I don't remember his religion being used as a reason why he acted in the way he did.
However, when a group makes video after video proclaiming that they are motivated by their religion. When the terrorists repeatedly tell us that it is for the glory of Allah, and when they proclaim glory to Allah at every opportunity, even mid-rampage, it is not unreasonable to take them at their words and accept that however much we may disagree with their ideology, they are indeed religiously motivated.
(Personally I don't want an apology, I want muslims to have an internal revolution agains the violence and barbarism of the extremist sects. They have the most powerful tools to neuter these loons and strip them of power and influence.)
