Originally Posted by Dmorris
Exactly. Besides, Atta was placed on the Terrorist Watch List on August 19, 2001 and was still jetting up and down the East Coast on Commercial Airlines.
.... and.
As I said before:
would Mohammed Atta have been allowed on a plane prior to the 9/11 attacks? Answer: yup.
And most of his co-terrorists were too.
Originally Posted by DMorris
Read the Koran and the recorded rants by the Prophet. Go to a few conferences hosted by mainstream Muslim groups and read the literature at these events. Do an honest review of history over the past 1400 years. After this study you will reverse your statement and hang your head in shame.
Wrong, and not even universally true.
In any event, most all major religions appeal to a variety of people and various aspects of the human condition. Since the human condition is so often described as having conflicted people, everyone will find everything in anything they want when they want. Does mercy involve aborting a fetus with serious defects that will result in a painful, short life after birth? Well, as many of us know, the answer to that question varies even amongst members of the very same church, mosque, synagogue or temple .... all while often drawing on the same texts and persons as their co-religionists.
... and of course bigots will find what they want while ignoring that which they wish; and their fellow bigots, the extremist fundamentalists, will do much the same. No irony there. As is said, don't hate your enemy so much that you become indistinguishable from the enemy. Apparently that lesson is missed on many.
That said, it seems like there are more than a handful who share the "thinking" of the "RaHoWa" crowd which attends the World Church of the Creator and David Duke rallies. Pretty sad, but not surprising.
People who hate will always find a way to justify their hate. Some may couch it in more attractive language than others, but the underlying sentiment of hate along ethnic/religious/tribal lines will remain just as ugly in the open eyes of those with good morality.
As I said before, you seem more intent to discuss Arabs and Muslims than in discussing ID and how it relates to security. Each one's motivations is their own.