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Re: Should Muslims be forced to carry special ID?
« on: September 26, 2007, 10:07:34 PM »
Nobody seriously believes for one second that the people in the video are remotely representitive of Americans, right?

All we have seen is the power of TV to present a bias, in this case for the purpose of poking a bit of fun at the more ignorant minority cross section of the population.

No doubt the guy asked the same questions of countless other people who probably just shook their heads and walked away in disbelief.

Although this was clearly slanted, consider the effectiveness of the same techniques used by the media in general. Next time you see a nice library footage clip of some extremists chanting 'death to america' etc. as part of the latest special report / poll / terrorist headline, ask yourself if this is really representitive of the billion or more muslims in the world.

Anyway, I don't think devout muslims really need to carry special ID. It's not as if they are difficult to identify. Hint: beards, caps, robes, loitering around mosques... ;-)
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Re: Should Muslims be forced to carry special ID?
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2007, 01:38:29 AM »
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noone believes for a second that metalman is representative of americans right?



No, he's representetive of the intersection of some of the worst stereotypes people have of americans. However, I don't think this is really representitive him. Rather I think he finds it a useful online persona to adopt when attempting to bait people into responding. At the end of the day, the guy likes getting a reaction out of people. Picking all the worst examples he can find of 'muslims behaving badly' and trying to persuade us all that this is in fact the norm is an easy way to do that at the moment. I used to find it irksome at first, but now I couldn't really care a less. I usually get a good laugh out of it these days :-D

I'm sure that when the preferred media bogeyman that is currently extremist muslims has moved to a different demographic, his focus will follow.

At least he seems more intelligent that some of the other trolls we've had the pleasure of being entertained by.

Absolutely no match for Mips Proc, though. They broke the mould with that feller :lol:
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