I was not rationnalizing anything I was just saying you pianted an incomplete picture of the situation as the Soviets were a factor in the poor situation in the middle east we have today. The US had a history during the cold war as did the soviets of supporting anyone who would take their side no matter how much of a despot they were.

The claim that religion has nothing to do with the taliban is a complete and outright lie that completely suspends any possible understanding of what the Taliban are doing. How can you possibly make the claim that religion does not lead people to commit crimes that they would not otherwise do?

Look at the threats and assassination attempt of Salman Rushdie for writing a book that offended Muslims, the massive protest and deaths that resulted from the publication of a cartoon in Denmark and the death of Theo van Gogh for directing a film criticising Islam and tell me religion does not lead people to commit absurd actions that other than the divine word of god their is no reason for what they did.

I specifically said I was NOT bigoted against Muslims as that is just a convienient label you use to discredit people you dont wish to debate.It would make no sense to hate people for sharing a religion which most of them were born into as that was my own experience until a few years ago.

As for the bit about Foxnews I hate it when I see clips of them attacking one religion then turning around and supporting their own religious nonsense. I am an atheist for fucks sake and that's one group of people whom Foxnews also have a particular hatred for so don;t try lumping me in with them.

Also I would like for you to stop lying by refering to Muslims as a race of people as they are a group of people who share a belief in Islam to varying degrees whom I still do not hate for simply being Muslims. What I stand against is religions and the negative influence I believe they have on people as well as the people who takes their religions to seriously and infringe upon the rights of others.

You're a cute little bigot in becoming.

The fact that you associated any 1000 y.o religion, it's billions of believers, with a small regimes considered as a sect by most, which has been supported at 90% by the US, like the Saudis, Qataris, Islamists in North Africa, in Syria or Lybia, and then go on to divert toward one writer and politic who have been threatened/killed by few isolated people...shows how ready you are for any racist, xenophobic or bigoted diversion.

I could draw parralel to how antisemite or judeophobes (was this term made up, like Islamophobia is according to you?) a century ago worked exactly the same way...but that would be a lost cause as the weakness of rationality and culture that enabled such easy fallacies and shortcuts to be sold in your mind are the same that makes it worthless to try and explain.

And of course this has nothing to do with the actual relevant critics of extremisms done by knowledgeable people who know what they are talking about thus not making dangerous confusions, I'm talking about the words you're using (or rather repeating) and how it is what leads to spruious association or just racism.

Moderated,

-Mr Khan

It seems that you like to begin all your comments with name calling as to try and get people on side before the rest of your comment which is completely misleading.

Firstly the age of a religion or its numbers of supporters lend absolutely zero credence to the truth of its claims. Yes a number of governments take advantage of the religion to abuse and control their populations through ignorance, which is one of the reasons why I despise such religions. But the threats and protest were conducted by a large number of people throughout the world and the vast majority of these people were GOOD people who were calling on mass for censorship, retaliation and violence because of the currupting influence of their religion.

And Islamaphobe, unlike antisemite, does not refer to a group of people as you can clearly see in the name where it says ISLAM as opposed to MUSLIM. If it were refering to peoples fear of Muslims it would of been Muslimaphobe as opposed to Islamaphobe which refers to people fear of Islam, being a, thousand year old religion with over a billion believers.

I hate the belief, not the believer.

Alright, we've run our course here.