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Originally Posted by teevee
i guess you entirely missed the point of safety going hand in hand with religion in certain places...
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But it's not religion is it, it's the criminal actions of crazed loonies. If it was religion then exactly the same would be happening everywhere where people of a certain religion live, which is clearly not the case.
The actions of these idiots is neither mandated nor condoned by any religion on the surface of the earth; they may claim they are acting religiously but that's just bullshit, and you repeating those claims as if they are correct is a case of falling for their propaganda.
So why do they do it? Like I said, economic issues, territorial disputes, money, power, glory, feelings of humiliation; all the worst effects of the 'haves and havenots' splits that underpin the global economic and gubernatorial system with all its disparities, not to mention simple bad-assery; evil in some hearts
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i for one have no qualms about discussing religion or politics if and as they relate to safety in a forum on travel safety. the point is to inform people. if the violence is a result of religious fanatics or political unrest, the discussion should go forward limited only by relevance to the situation.
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I think we can quite clearly say 'watch out for X' or 'be careful in Y because of local tensions' etc without casting aspersions on local peoples, religions, traditions, customs etc
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