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Originally Posted by adpiucf
Yes, but currently Islamists are way ahead of Fundamental Christian terrorists in terms of current events.
The media determines media coverage. This story certainly meets the So What Factor. But given that Christianity is the dominant Western religion, I don't think we're going to see huge exposes on the Christian Fundamentalist Conspiracy.
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I think _Opi_ made a good point with the title of this thread... in that because Christianity is the dominant faith in the West, we are forgiving or give a pass to, fundamentalists and radicals in "our" own faith...
Also look at the labelling of the thread, or even how it is reported in the news... the two hijackers (who yes, are terrorists according to the 'Bush' doctrine of terrorism) are reported as just that 'two hijackers' ~ BUT if they had say been Muslim, then it would have been all over the news as 'two MUSLIM men'. Why though? Why is that the "Western" media is so ready to use faith (and ethnicity) as an identifier or qualifier? I mean why is one gunman who goes on a rampage described as "disturbed" or "deranged" and others simply described as "Muslim"?
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