I am not sayign that being a Muslim makes you a terrorist, but the ISlam religion seems to be more open to people who want to comitt "terrotist acts" Of all the acts in the past few years, London, Madrid, Bali (twice), Glasgow etc.. All have one thing in Common. You don't see Buddhist or Jewish people strapping bombs to themeselves to prove a point. I realize it's a small minortiy, but why does the silent majority not setp up and do something about it?
because, you fatuous troll, the following occurs:
1. Harsh climate and economic conditions turn everyone into selfish, short-term thinkers, culturally.
1a. They also develop closer family and community bonds as a means to survive. see: basic sociology.
2. Religion (or any dogmatic rhetoric) exploits short-term thinkers by using long-term thinkers (educated clerics, family leaders and intellectuals) to guide them.
2a. Angry communities and regions want angry arch-conservative religion, and vice versa.
3. Violence inevitably breaks out in a poor shitty region. Lines get drawn.
3a. Religious and intellectual acumens take advantage of that violence, and they feed each other.
4. Eventually, the educated leaders buy into their own shit so heavily that they decide to employ long-term tactics, which we call TERRORISM.
The root of sectarian violence and terrorism is poverty and harsh living conditions. Religion is just a facilitating component that allows educated leaders to organize and marshal the poor and suffering to their own ends. Give your precious Tex-ass the living conditions and general poverty level of Lebanon, and watch Bill O'Reilly start spewing bile about "them vi'lent Christianityists".
