Comments on: IRA != Irish. Recent Terrorists != Muslims.

By: Serge

Serge — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:24:10 +0000

The Irish Catholics are worse than Muslims. The Muslims have a very legitimate gripe, the irish have none.

By: v

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:48:52 +0000

the ira were not terrorists

you can’t spell – speach is not the same as speech!

british is what you use to avoid spam – i presume you mean it in the fake english way of the ”british” royal family bollix etc etc as opposed to the ”welsh” the real british who were driven to the west of britain by the saxons,jutes etc

By: Simon P. Chappell

Simon P. Chappell — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:50:53 +0000

The problem with worrying about backlashes, of which there have been almost none, is that it doesn’t take into account two things:

1. While not all muslims are terrorists, 90+% of all recent terrorists have been muslim.

2. Pitifully few efforts on the part of the muslim communities to protest/stop/do something about the actions of what everyone assures me is a very small percentage of the muslim community.

Sorry, but blowing people up, especially civillians, does not make me think peaceful thoughts about your cause. I had no sympathy for the IRA for that reason and I’m having difficulty being sympathetic for the “religion of peace” for the same reasons.

By: Joe Walker

Joe Walker — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:25:05 +0000

Bruce Schnier links:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/07/causes_of_suici.html

to an interview with Robert Pape:
http://www.amconmag.com/2005_07_18/article.html

on this very subject.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:03:32 +0000

>> he acknowledged the need to solve the problems at their root causes (e.g. fixing poverty)

While poverty may be a contributor to Palestinian terrorism, it isn’t much of a factor in Islamic terrorism. More of these people than not are from middle or upper class backgrounds and well educated.

>> When the IRA was in action, you didn’t hear people calling it them “christian fundamentalist terrorists” did you?

The label for the terrorists is derived from their espoused cause. The IRA weren’t blowing people up in the name of Jesus. The IRA’s goal was to push the British out of their country. For the Islamic terrorists/jihadists however, this war is religious.