Why do americans, dislike arabs, or muslims?

[Shadow1]

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as for our look, to america,
nothing, just a contry,
also fasinating in some cities,
but when it comes about politics, we don't like it, not hate it, don't like it,
we don't kare,
we have lifes to live, we're not going to pass our times with hating america, hating america,
as for palastin, and iraq,
when we see them dies every day, it's sad, we are all arabs, we all feel with each others,
as in palastin and iraq and other contries that u.s.a. caused wars in it,
really people hate it, and i don't blame them,
imagine, if, a contry X; attacked america, and caused many wars, and sad events and stuff, what's the reaction of american,s hate X,
those things, have nothing to do with relegion, or anyother stuff,

 

[Ganymede]

The Arabs have what we want (Oil). So it's in our national interest to make them our quasi enemy. With them being the enemy of the American people, our officials can remind them that there's public support for bombing their countries back to the stone-age, which allows our Government to negotiate more lucrative oil contracts.

 

[Shadow1]

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The Arabs have what we want (Oil). So it's in our national interest to make them our quasi enemy. With them being the enemy of the American people, our officials can remind them that there's public support for bombing their countries back to the stone-age, which allows our Government to negotiate more lucrative oil contracts.

hmm, yeah, it's always about money,

 

[BenTheMan]

Hi shadow:

I suspect that most Americans don't separate a people from their politics/governments. I think this is because we tend to see governments as representatives of their people. But, I could be wrong.

Moreover, when we see signs that say ``Death to America'', we don't read that as ``Death to the American Policies in the Middle East''. In spite of claims of mistranslations/etc., and coupled with the fact that terrorists try to kill Americans, this makes most Americans pretty polarized.

 

[S.A.M.]

Ironically, Americans are probably more complicit in the actions of their government than the dead/tortured/maimed Iraqis and Afghanis were.

 

[BenTheMan]

Ironically, Americans are probably more complicit in the actions of their government than the dead/tortured/maimed Iraqis and Afghanis were.

Meh. This isn't the point of the thread though, is it?

 

[Shadow1]

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yes, the point of this threat, is just, discuss, know each other,
also, i would realylprefer, to not talk about politics, or relegion proganda

 

[BenTheMan]

yes, the point of this threat, is just, discuss, know each other,
also, i would realylprefer, to not talk about politics, or relegion proganda

So you wouldn't class SAM's comments as ``politics, religion, or propaganda''? Because that's exactly what it sounded like to me...

 

[Shadow1]

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i meant that, to every budy here, not just sam,
i do respect you all, but, i would love to leave politics aside,
i mean, it's ok of some, but not to turn this topic into politics,

i'm just asking,

 

[Shadow1]

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politics is very realted to this, if it was about hate,
but i would prefer to leave it aside, you can talk about it, but not much
hmm, i think after all, i'll say, talk about anything you want and like, but don't forgot the main topic

 

[S.A.M.]

If you leave out religion and politics, what exactly would you discuss wrt why Americans dislike Arabs or Muslims?

I'll keep mum now, because I am curious to see what people will say.

 

[Shadow1]

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yeah you're right, propably you should mention relegion and politcis, but what i'm worried about, is the agressive and the attacks,
i think they noticed the big letters in the first post

 

[Search & Destroy]

I would always choose a non-Muslim country to live in. Because intuitively Muslim countries have the worst records for individual freedom. I like Indonesia, but never moved there because of the high-Muslim ratio fact.

Most of my close friends are not religious. That does not mean I dislike religious people or anything. And I certainly don't mean to imply that. But usually there are enough disagreements to make the close friendship too taxing on effort. This goes for all major religions, except Buddhism and Hinduism which I find more interesting.

This is my own opinion, straight from the heart, which I interpret as the purpose of this thread to discuss.

 

[spidergoat]

politics is very realted to this, if it was about hate,
but i would prefer to leave it aside, you can talk about it, but not much
hmm, i think after all, i'll say, talk about anything you want and like, but don't forgot the main topic

Part of the issue is that there is no differentiation in Islam between politics and religion.

 

[Grim_Reaper]

Hi shadow:

Do you really think Americans look past these types of pictures?

I don't know how things are in your part of the world, but most Americans don't bother to separate countries on a map, and (as SAM points out) the difference between hostile governments and the people that live under them. (I actually have some ideas about why this may be the case.)

So when people in America see a bunch of brown people chanting ``Death to America'', we don't bother to dig too deeply into why they're burning effigies of our president.

Americans should look past these type of pictures. They do for others like this one in the link below.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uYhwjSHoQ3k/SW8w8sLTdTI/AAAAAAAABMQ/nLU9bKRDR7M/s400/kkk_1925.jpg

 

[Shadow1]

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I would always choose a non-Muslim country to live in. Because intuitively Muslim countries have the worst records for individual freedom. I like Indonesia, but never moved there because of the high-Muslim ratio fact.

Most of my close friends are not religious. That does not mean I dislike religious people or anything. And I certainly don't mean to imply that. But usually there are enough disagreements to make the close friendship too taxing on effort. This goes for all major religions, except Buddhism and Hinduism which I find more interesting.

This is my own opinion, straight from the heart, which I interpret as the purpose of this thread to discuss.

what about tunisia, lebanon, or moroco?

 

[Shadow1]

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Part of the issue is that there is no differentiation in Islam between politics and religion.

hmm, you only see what's on media,
the problems in the middle east,
first not because of relegion, because other politics stuff
second, america and israeil, had two big hands in that
you think that it's because of relegion, but no, i'm an arab, and i know more that you know about the arab world,

 

[Shadow1]

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Part of the issue is that there is no differentiation in Islam between politics and religion.

do you think that because of relegion, that you see those terrorists,
those terrorists, are way way way away from understanding islam, they are a bunsh of loosers, sicologicly ill, pirates, criminals... and way away from relegion, they just think that they are applying islam, but they are applying what islam say not to do,

 

[Search & Destroy]

what about tunisia, lebanon, or moroco?

I have a lot of options on countries to visit, or live, and still there are plenty I would choose before the 3 you mentioned.

I have friends that have traveled and backpacked through the middle east with nothing bad to say. I have no doubt you live with a high degree of freedom. However with all said, I would have to visit there first before giving you an educated opinion. I have never been to Africa, nor the Middle east

 

[Shadow1]

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you don't know anything about us,
you just think that like we are on the u.s. media.
media only shows the negatives about us, and only show the minority, wich is the negatives,

i can say you don't know anything about our ordinary life,
if you do, tell me what do you know?