I thought it was a political ideology like Marxism and Nazism.
Tensions have been building between whites and Pakistanis over the past year in Preston. It is more about economics than it is religion.
If they take to rioting in these streets, they'd better be ware, the 2nd Amendment still is intact (at least where I live).
Racism has the cachet of victimization; religion is backward nonsense except as it applies to race or ethnicity.
Subject: COWBOY LOGIC
Three strangers strike up a conversation in the airport passenger lounge in
Bozeman, Montana, awaiting their flights.
One is an American Indian passing through from Lame Deer. Another is a
Cowboy on his way to Billings for a livestock show, and the third passenger
is a fundamentalist Arab student, newly arrived at Montana State University
from the Middle East.
Their discussion drifts to their diverse cultures. Soon, the two Westerners
learn that the Arab is a devout, radical Muslim and the conversation falls
into an uneasy lull. The wind outside is blowing tumbleweeds around and the old windsock is
flapping; but still no plane comes. The cowboy leans back in his chair, crosses his boots on a magazine table and tips his big sweat-stained hat forward over his face.
Finally, the American Indian clears his throat and softly he speaks, "At one
time here, my people were many, but sadly, now we are few."
The Muslim student raises an eyebrow and leans forward, "Once my people were few," he sneers, "and now we are many. Why do you suppose that is?"
The Montana cowboy shifts his toothpick to one side of his mouth and from
the darkness beneath his Stetson says in a drawl, "That's 'cause we ain't
played Cowboys and Muslims yet, but I do believe it's a comin'..."