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Are you implying that you need to have tight control of citizens if you have a significant Muslim population? Somehow the US doesn't have this problem within th
by happyscrappy 12y ago
Are you implying that you need to have tight control of citizens if you have a significant Muslim population? Somehow the US doesn't have this problem within the Muslim community.
- klibertp 12y agoWhat? I don't live there, I've never even been to USA so I know nearly nothing I can be spectacularly wrong. However, if even 1/10 of what I read about TSA, Patriot Act, NSA and so on (and on...) is true then I think there is at least some degree of control over Muslim citizens? Isn't it actually an official policy?
- icebraining 12y agoSomehow the US doesn't have this problem within the Muslim community. Really? What about the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, the 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt and the Boston Marathon bombings? Also, the US certainly keeps a close - often oppressive - watch over its Muslim community. This American Life had an episode about it: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/471 http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/471 (See also the AP prize-winning investigation that TAL mentions on the NYPD probes into the city's mosques)
- happyscrappy 12y agoAs far as I know none of those were related to free speech which is what the GP meant by strict controls, i.e. you are not allowed to insult a religion.
- ceejayoz 12y ago> Really? What about the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, the 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt and the Boston Marathon bombings? If three incidents in five years is a problem, the US has a problem with every community. Timothy McVeigh killed more than all of those attacks combined.