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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 1910964" data-attributes="member: 13624">You.&nbsp; Don&#039;t.&nbsp; Get.&nbsp; It.&nbsp; You talk about holding people responsible, and then completely ignore the fact that the people doing the rioting and killing are sentient actors.&nbsp; As GTG pointed out, cattle and dogs are not responsible for their actions because they&#039;re not sentient.&nbsp; Actually, he&#039;s only half-right: both can be trained.&nbsp; If you mean to suggest that the Muslim population, or some segment of it, is somewhere below the intellectual level of my walking steak dinner, then so state; as for myself, I believe that they&#039;re perfectly capable of choosing their actions.&nbsp; That makes them responsible for what they do, regardless of the provocation.Wow.&nbsp; Moral equivalency in its purest form.&nbsp; You really think murder is an acceptable response to words?&nbsp; How about shoving young girls into burning buildings because they&#039;re not wearing headscarves?&nbsp; Is that okay too?&nbsp; Can we not judge that action because we don&#039;t share the same experience?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 1910964, member: 13624"] [B]You. Don't. Get. It.[/B] You talk about holding people responsible, and then completely ignore the [I]fact[/I] that the people doing the rioting and killing are sentient actors. As GTG pointed out, cattle and dogs are not responsible for their actions because they're not sentient. Actually, he's only half-right: both can be trained. If you mean to suggest that the Muslim population, or some segment of it, is somewhere below the intellectual level of my walking steak dinner, then so state; as for myself, I believe that they're perfectly capable of choosing their actions. That makes them responsible for what they do, regardless of the provocation. Wow. Moral equivalency in its purest form. You really think murder is an acceptable response to words? How about shoving young girls into burning buildings because they're not wearing headscarves? Is that okay too? Can we not judge that action because we don't share the same experience? [/QUOTE]

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