I happened to watch the finals today. I haven't had a chance to watch much, of the World Cup, but I've seen the excitement surrounding the event. This evening, I just read the news about bombs going off during the World Cup (link). After reading some of the comments, I felt like responding.
First, many of the comments were quick to demonize Muslims. If all of the approximately 1 billion Muslims were dangerous terrorist, then we would be much worse off than we currently are. If the people responsible were Muslim, then they are a fringe group.
Some or the comments drew comparisons to NATO actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. There is a difference between targeting innocent people and targeting dangerous people. I'm just glad that I don't have to make the decision to pull the trigger when the dangerous people hide amongst the innocent.
Finally, my heart goes out anyone effected in anyway by this terrorist attack.
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