Christian terrorists hijack a plane

[shinerbock]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

fixed?

This really isn't that difficult a concept, guys - we're going in circles, everyone has skeletons in the closet. The question is whether the media handles Muslim skeletons in a different manner than Christian ones, not whether they're literally analogous.

It's not a pissing contest.

I cannot even begin to describe how terrible this analogy is. You've listed isolated events, some of which don't even participate in violence (the huge majority of white supremacy groups). You're comparing these to large and well funded organizations who do plan and carry out attacks on innocent people. The Oklahoma City Bombing had nothing to do with the people they were attacking. I believe they've even claimed that they had no real intention of harming the victims. The crime was intended to be against the government. How is that comparable to attacks which target civilians solely because of their faith or belief? Its not. As for the hijackings, I guess a couple guys not threatening any passengers and not harming anyone is comparable to cutting the throats of pilots and passengers and proceeding to fly planes into buildings filled with people. My bad.

The point is not that Muslims are more violent than Christians, although at this point in time you could make a very good case that they are. The reason Islam is portrayed as violent is because of the actions people take in the name of the faith. Are most Muslims violent? Almost certainly not. Are acts of violence in the name of Islam isolated or rare? No.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

I cannot even begin to describe how terrible this analogy is. You've listed isolated events, some of which don't even participate in violence (the huge majority of white supremacy groups). You're comparing these to large and well funded organizations who do plan and carry out attacks on innocent people. The Oklahoma City Bombing had nothing to do with the people they were attacking. I believe they've even claimed that they had no real intention of harming the victims. The crime was intended to be against the government. How is that comparable to attacks which target civilians solely because of their faith or belief? Its not. As for the hijackings, I guess a couple guys not threatening any passengers and not harming anyone is comparable to cutting the throats of pilots and passengers and proceeding to fly planes into buildings filled with people. My bad.

Again, missed my whole point - read the part about "not being literally analogous", which should indicate that I agree with quite a bit of the above - and try to relate your feeling to whether media coverage is biased. You're wasting some good rants here, when you could be addressing the topic.

BlueAngel has done a good job of derailing this thread, though.