Oh, it's surely the case that there are reasonable people who happen to have been born into Muslim families, who view the world like reasonable people despite their faith in Islam. Perhaps this fellow is one such.
I am not ready to believe than every Muslim is a fanatic, either vocally or silently. There -have- to be a fair number of them who are not insane.
The problem is that in their silence, they are made non-existent in terms of their effect on the world.
> What are the chances it’s just a way to get people to “relax” about the whole mess?
Could be, that's an interesting conjecture.
> Oh, it's surely the case that there are reasonable people who happen to have been born into Muslim families, who view the world like reasonable people despite their faith in Islam. Perhaps this fellow is one such. I am not ready to believe than every Muslim is a fanatic, either vocally or silently. There -have- to be a fair number of them who are not insane.
I notice over here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2588022/posts that the general consensus is that every Muslim is indeed a fanatic, that there is no such thing as what I described above.
I don't think I'll post to that thread. :)
[Runs back to bedroom to find asbestos underwear, in anticipation of incoming flames on -this- thread...]