hatmoza said:
Same or not my point stands. You can't paint a broad brush on someone because of their race or religion. Given youmany opportunities to show a little more tolerance in your opinion but it is obvious you have no intention of being rational. Especially after using the derogatory "moslem" instead of muslim. Also you won't think back less than a decade ago about the horrific acts of the Holocaust but you're quick to jump on a religion revealed 1436 years ago? I don't know what you mean by "pervertin bitch" but judging by your tone so far it's not a nice thing to be calling me. |
The difference here is that being German in and of itself does not carry any beliefs. German simply means he was born in Germany. Muslim means you ascribe to certain values, although I'm not going to get into whether or not those values are. Race really tells you nothing about someone's thoughts and ideas. Religion tells you at least something about what they believe.
I've seen Muslim and Moslem used interchangably. I had a conversation with one of my former classmates who explained something about Moslem translating a bit differently in Urdu than it is in Arabic, and being considered offensive to Bengali and Pakastani Mulsims who speak Urdu. I don't think he meant any offense by it.
As for pervitin (not pervertin) that is a drug. I think it's crystal meth, or similar to it. Allegedly, it's something that the German army used to keep their soldiers alert. I don't think he was calling you anything.
I jumped in because I think you're taking things offensively which aren't meant to be that way. Chill.
Edit: I did a bit of reading, and apparently the shift away from the word Moslem was a relatively recent thing. It began to be an issue after 9/11, and in the 90s and before Moslem and Muslim were used interchangeably. I don't know if Muslims were offended by that usage, but I don't believe that most westerners were aware that it might be offensive.







