On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:21:42 +0000, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

>> At the same time, though, we don't feel the need to apologise to that
>> part of the world for every drone strike gone wrong - an act of
>> destruction that's perpetrated by a few who claim to be "speaking" on
>> behalf of many.
> 
> And that, I guess, is what all this is really about. It's not about
> religion, it's about "you killed my family so now I'm going to kill
> yours".

For some it's about vengeance, yes.  For others, there are other 
motivating factors.

> How exactly Islam came to be the bad guy... That I don't have the
> historical perspective to answer.

I might need to do a gravity check here. ;)

>> I'm going to have to remember that definition of "BNP".  That's a good
>> one. :)
> 
> What did you *think* it stands for? :-P

Well, I know what members of the BNP and the "serious" British media use 
in their reporting. :)

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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