Thread: Arson Threat Forces Kindergarten To Axe Arabic Lessons.

the current round of terrorists are "extremists muslims"
this tars the other 99% of muslims who have done nothing wrong as being bad.
people associate arabs with muslims
people hear about teaching arabic at kindy and think terrorist.

people also generalise arabs with being hot headed which doesnt help either.

Originally Posted by Eevo

the current round of terrorists are "extremists muslims"
this tars the other 99% of muslims who have done nothing wrong as being bad.
people associate arabs with muslims
people hear about teaching arabic at kindy and think terrorist.

people also generalise arabs with being hot headed which doesnt help either.

I see marked parallels with the position of the Irish a generation or two ago - different religion, different language, and a small proportion of them using terror as a political tool overseas.

John

Can some moderator delete this bullcrap thread?

Originally Posted by korg20000bc

Can some moderator delete this bullcrap thread?

Be simpler if you choose not to read it. You know what's in it and if you don't like it then don't click on it.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

I see marked parallels with the position of the Irish a generation or two ago - different religion, different language, and a small proportion of them using terror as a political tool overseas.

John

a lot of people did sympathise with the irish, or at least understood their cause.

Originally Posted by Eevo

a lot of people did sympathise with the irish, or at least understood their cause.

Yes, but the Irish have always been a much larger proportion of the population - probably at least 10+% compared with the current ~1% Muslim. My point was that to a large extent the attitude has changed and is now seen as a quaint historical relic, but it was still there in my childhood.

John

Originally Posted by Debacle

Be simpler if you choose not to read it. You know what's in it and if you don't like it then don't click on it.

The site just went through huge changes to avoid this type of stuff.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Yes, but the Irish have always been a much larger proportion of the population - probably at least 10+% compared with the current ~1% Muslim. My point was that to a large extent the attitude has changed and is now seen as a quaint historical relic, but it was still there in my childhood.

John

As well as the Irish being a larger percentage of the Australian population - the two religions that were central to their "troubles" were both much more significantly represented in the Australian population, so their was less likelihood of Australian people being prejudiced towards either side of the Irish disputes based purely on religious views.