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annoyed I got an email passed around from someone I know "proving" that people who follow Islam can't be trusted Americans. All the arguments were really dumb, and filled with blatantly wrong assumptions and "facts".
SO, as I usually do -- but sometimes think I shouldn't -- I sent back an email to anyone receiving it not to fall for it or take it seriously.
I got TWO replies, both calling for genocide against ... well whover they think is the "enemy", most likely Arabs and Muslims, as if they were they same thing. Strangley, after some google research on who they said they were, I realized that one claimed to be an Italian SS general, and the other gave himself an obscure mid-ranking Nazi title.
At least they are consistent.
March 21 2006, 18:54:07 UTC 6 years ago
That would really hurt AOL y'know. :D
March 21 2006, 19:17:32 UTC 6 years ago
Actually ...
I found out one of them is a Karate teacher / school owner in New York. Apparently, their anger stemmed from having lost someone in 9-11. The facts only deny them this outlet for such escape, so it is obvious my words were disturbing to them.And he violently accused me of being anti-American because I opposed mass killing an entire culture. I guess our values of tolerance and freedom have been replaced by racism and violence.
Say it aint so ... please say it aint so.
And like so many others, he sees this as a religious war, where America is Christian by definition (seriously, this is a growing belief) battling another world faith they see as the cause for all our fear and suffering because of terroristic extremists and general anti-Western sentiment.
Hasn't humanity been through this nonsense more than a few times already? Doesn't anyone read history books?
March 21 2006, 19:30:07 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Actually ...
They read, but they don't want to understand. Anger and hate cloud the mind.March 21 2006, 22:19:39 UTC 6 years ago
March 21 2006, 23:03:05 UTC 6 years ago
Nope.
They actually used a regular font, decent grammar, etc. Couldn't spell a few things, but mostly just insults. In the end, one told me to uh ... something off ... and the other (the martial arts techer) exchanged apologies with me once he realized I wasn't some liberal hippie invading his email space out of nowhere.