Comments on: Islamophobia is bad but it is a good step http://skeltoac.com/2009/11/30/islamophobia-bad-but-good-step/ First name: Andy. Last name: Skelton. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:10:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19814 By: Andy Skelton http://skeltoac.com/2009/11/30/islamophobia-bad-but-good-step/comment-page-1/#comment-2319 Andy Skelton Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:04:00 +0000 http://skeltoac.com/?p=1659#comment-2319 Yes, nationalism is a force equally capable of great good or evil. Ultimately the action of a group is to amplify its leader's intentions. Even democracies are subject to majority lunacy. Yes, nationalism is a force equally capable of great good or evil. Ultimately the action of a group is to amplify its leader’s intentions. Even democracies are subject to majority lunacy.

]]> By: Tim http://skeltoac.com/2009/11/30/islamophobia-bad-but-good-step/comment-page-1/#comment-2318 Tim Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:53:29 +0000 http://skeltoac.com/?p=1659#comment-2318 Regrettably, I see the minaret ban as a sign that the world is rediscovering nationalism as an excuse for bad behaviour. The wars of the twentieth century should serve as sufficient warning about nationalism's destructive nature. We have just lived through a century during which 250 million people were needlessly killed --- a number far exceeding the death-toll in any other period of human history. I commend your optimism, but I rather fear there are dark days ahead. Anyway, for your WordPress plugin <i>MediaRSS</i>, thank you. Regrettably, I see the minaret ban as a sign that the world is rediscovering nationalism as an excuse for bad behaviour. The wars of the twentieth century should serve as sufficient warning about nationalism’s destructive nature. We have just lived through a century during which 250 million people were needlessly killed — a number far exceeding the death-toll in any other period of human history. I commend your optimism, but I rather fear there are dark days ahead.

Anyway, for your WordPress plugin MediaRSS, thank you.

]]> By: Andy Skelton http://skeltoac.com/2009/11/30/islamophobia-bad-but-good-step/comment-page-1/#comment-2282 Andy Skelton Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:36:10 +0000 http://skeltoac.com/?p=1659#comment-2282 I hadn't considered the setting of the alarm clock in the analogy. It might have been better as a fire alarm or a bomb siren. To hear it scares and angers you and to ignore it would be folly. I hadn’t considered the setting of the alarm clock in the analogy. It might have been better as a fire alarm or a bomb siren. To hear it scares and angers you and to ignore it would be folly.

]]> By: Shimshon http://skeltoac.com/2009/11/30/islamophobia-bad-but-good-step/comment-page-1/#comment-2281 Shimshon Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:27:07 +0000 http://skeltoac.com/?p=1659#comment-2281 You compare Islamic extremism with an alarm clock. If you want to wake up on time, it is important not to snooze the alarm clock too often! You compare Islamic extremism with an alarm clock. If you want to wake up on time, it is important not to snooze the alarm clock too often!

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