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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00
But I don't see everyone as an Islamic extremist. Lol I said that right in my post that I never felt threatened by them. My best friend's dad is straight from Pakistan and I certainly am not threatened by him. And it is normal to feel threatened or nervous by what you don't know. There are terrorist cells a 10 minute drive from where I live and that's scary. Since 9-11, I'm very wary of everyone around me. I feel the same way when I get into an elevator (aka death trap) with someone I don't know, no matter what color (yes even white) or religion they are. 9-11 has made people paranoid, and I'm one of those people. This is a current fear due to something that is still so fresh in a lot of people's minds. I'm sorry but that's the living truth and I'm not going to be ridiculed for stating my thoughts and feelings on it.
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That last part a bout the elevator....heh...that is some bullshit if I ever read it...if you are that paranoid about people you don't know....stay in the house especially if you are using a post 9-11 reason for being that way...
Timothy McVeigh looked like a typical American and look how he turned out.
Again...look at those pics of the shirts...you simply fear what you don't understand BECAUSE you don't know what they mean. All of those shirts in Japanese, Cyrillic, Hebrew could all be saying something and you wouldn't know what they mean...should they be banned from U.S. airports because they aren't in American (pay attention y'all)?
My mixed feelings come from the way he was treated. Yes I think he did it for attention. No I don't think he should have been treated the way he was. I love having freedom of speech but I think sometimes people take it too far.
Out of curiosity, how would you feel if he was wearing one of those red bandana things around his head like the terrorists put on right before they took the planes over? Would that make you nervous or would you feel like "I don't wana racially profile".
^^^ this comes from watching too many movies I suppose
Do you fear people who wear turbans?
And please for the love of God explain how wearing a shirt bearing the writings of his native tongue him going too far in expressing his freedom of speech?
But you know what...I wear dredds and I get profiled....anyone wanna offer me some ganga?