It seems to me that the known racists on this forum are protesting too loudly, and all the while patting each other vigorously on the back for being in agreeance with each other, and madly spewing out made up 'statistics' to prove their points.

It's sad really. One even gets nasty and questions my IQ because I don't agree with him.
As I have said before on this forum, if all these allegations re the WHOLE Muslim population of the world were as bad as these guys think, wouldn't our Government have 'banned' Muslim immigration and Mosques etc long ago? They haven't though have they? And that must really upset the racists in this country.

Foxy, you say things so calmly and surely :)
I agree with all of your reassuring post above. It makes me think I am not the only one fighting this silly battle!
In fact, I think I have said it all now, with absolutely no change of mind.
Cheers Foxy, happy new year ,
Side.

Damn that predictive text!
I meant to sign off as Suse above...
See you all on another thread.

Dear Suse,

Thank You for your kind words.

People tend to see things from a viewpoint
of subjectivity. An interpretation based on
personal values and experiences.

Of course everyone of us will be guilty of
some measure of bias. This problem becomes
particularly acute especially in discussions
whose subject matter involves issues of deep
human and moral concern.

How can this problem be resolved?

I'm no sage but I would suggest that we try to
see things from all sides. By that I'm not suggesting
that we should change our opinions, merely that
we listen to each other and try to share our
individual experiences. Keep the lines of communication
open. We just may achieve more.

Before I leave this discussion I would like
to wish each and everyone of you the following:

May you leave behind all anger,
pain, fear and sadness as the New Year
makes a fresh start and may you bring no tear
to an eye nor be caused to shed a tear in
the New Year.

All The Best.

Dearest Foxy,

I agree with you. I hope that in 2016, no poor breast-feeding woman is mutilated and killed in the street. I hope that no women are machine-gunned for being Yazidis. I hope that nobody is burned alive, or crucified, or beheaded. I hope that none of us has to shed another tear for innocent people brutally murdered for the sake of a brutal, fascist ideology. Or religion, if you prefer.

Yes, I hope that one day, we can all get along. But in the meantime, I hope with all my heart that the perpetrators of these crimes, men and women, can be stopped any which way. Any which way.

All the best for the New Year, dearest Foxy,

Love,

Joe

No,Suse,

I don't think your IQ is low because you don't agree with me. I think your IQ is low because you are manifestly incapable of dealing with facts, logic and rationality.

You are an idiot on the Stanford-Binet scale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford%E2%80%93Binet_Intelligence_Scales

That, of course, doesn't make you a bad person. Just an idiot. OK, I'm exaggerating, but only a little.