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Do you get nervous when you notice people in Muslim garb on your airplane?

Does it make you nervous?

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Just wanted to stop in and say hi...... Thanks for recommending this forum, mellie.....
 
If I see people like this I just point and laugh at them for being backwards:

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Jetboogieman said:
There was a dude, who was on one of my flights, who had a jacket, that had a grenade on the back and wings sprouting out of it.

Talk about innapropriate attire, I'm surprised he didn't get a cavity search wearing that thing through security.

That or shot on site, when he came within a mile of the building.
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Ha... the PX used to have all sorts of civilian jackets with guns and grenades and other things depicted. I remember in the early 1990's wearing my "eat lead you lousy red" T-shirt showing with all sorts of inappropriate things on them. It might be inappropriate today, post 9/11, but that's just because of fear. Lots of things have changed because of fear --- ie., plastic knives getting kindergarten children expelled, but that's another thread/discussion.
 
Thanks, SE102...I saw it after I posted..... and have already introduced myself. Just recognized Mellie's name from another forum so thought I'd say hi....
 
Mellie said:
Juan Williams was fired from NPR for saying that he gets nervous.

NPR Fires Juan Williams Over Muslim Comments | The Blaze

When you see (or if you saw) people dressed in Muslim garb getting onto your airplane, is there any moment of uneasyness or nervousness in you?
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Heh, I saw that broadcast where he said that. Funny how he is proving ...what was it, O' Reilly's point (?) even further.

As to whether or not I feel nervous around Muslims, I can't say I have. There are a small, but sizable population of Muslims on the campus, some live in the same building as myself.

But yes, I think it was a valid point by some to point out that images stick out in people's imaginations, perhaps as a useful defense mechanism against dangerous situations.
 
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Not at all. It is more behavior than anything else that would make me nervous. But even then it can be hard to tell since some people, like myself, simply don't like flying and start sweating during take off.
 
Getting nervous is not a conscious choice, so I wouldn't blame people for being nervous, especially considering how much absurd "fear teh evil muslimz" is going around nowadays. I get nervous at the sight of spiders, even when my rational mind knows that they are harmless. What counts is recognizing that the fear isn't rational and making sure that you don't act on it.
 
rathi said:
Getting nervous is not a conscious choice, so I wouldn't blame people for being nervous, especially considering how much absurd "fear teh evil muslimz" is going around nowadays. I get nervous at the sight of spiders, even when my rational mind knows that they are harmless. What counts is recognizing that the fear isn't rational and making sure that you don't act on it.
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So you may have "arachnaphobia" for your fear of spiders... those who fear muslims have Islamaphobia. That's really what the OP is asking right? Are you Islamaphobic....
 
soccerboy22 said:
Not at all. It is more behavior than anything else that would make me nervous. But even then it can be hard to tell since some people, like myself, simply don't like flying and start sweating during take off.
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I used to like flying, too. But now it's such a pain in the ass (get there three hours early, stand in line for a strip search, be herded into a tiny seat in a dirty-ass plane, stewardesses give you a ****ty attitude, flight arrives late, ect.) that I'd just as soon drive. The only fun part for me anymore is the take-off.
 
digsbe said:
I don't get nervous when I see people in Islamic clothing in my plane. I grew up with Muslims and I don't fear them. The majority in America are not radicals and pose no threat to our safety. They are individuals worthy of respect and equal treatment just like everyone else. I feel it's sad that many have come to fear all Muslims and vilify them based on the actions of a radical minority who have preformed terrorist attacks.
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But, has Islam done all possible to renounce the terrorists and their agenda and have they made a concerted effort to capture OBL?
 
earthworm said:
But, has Islam done all possible to renounce the terrorists and their agenda and have they made a concerted effort to capture OBL?
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Yes lets contact the islam mother brain and place our complaints.
 
The results of this poll with the individual names and in comparison to their views on other matters in other threads is quite revealing. Not too much of a surprise, but still interesting.

BTW - Why does anyone like in these United States need to go about in Muslim garb (??)
 
Ned Racine said:
I presume then that YOU believe the Majority are Dead set against the Radicals and wish to fully assimilate ino Western societies ???? Is that correct (??)
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Yes, I do beliee that. As a kid I grew up in the DC area in Maryland. My neighborhood was very diverse, and my babysitter as a kid was an Islamic Iranian woman. she wasn't radical and assimilated well into our society. I go to a Christian university and we have Muslim students here who are against violence and assimilate well (in fact, last semester one of my lab partners was a Muslim girl who wore the headscarf). To be honest, I've personally never met a Muslim who supported terrorism, and all of the Muslims I have met have been good people who spoke out against it.
 
winston53660 said:
And what about those Hasidic Jews, Oy Vey!!!!
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I knew somebody would bring them up and I've had probably more contact than anyone else here. I've even been a Shabbos Goy to some slightly less Orthadox types.

BTW - Jews of any subdivision do not seek converts. Islamists think it's proper to Kill those refusing to convert.
 
Ned Racine said:
I knew somebody would bring them up and I've had probably more contact than anyone else here. I've even been a Shabbos Goy to some slightly less Orthadox types.

BTW - Jews of any subdivision do not seek converts. Islamists think it's proper to Kill those refusing to convert.
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Sarcasm is really lost on you.

And if seeking converts is an issue with you you need look no further than Christanity.
 
winston53660 said:
Sarcasm is really lost on you.

And if seeking converts is an issue with you you need look no further than Christanity.
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Christians FORCING others to convert at Swordpoint is ancient History almost. Muslims advcate it like today. Also I didn't initally bring the Hasidim into this thread.
 
poopy, check
fan, check
eyegoggles check

this thread is set to explode.
 
Ned Racine said:
Christians FORCING others to convert at Swordpoint is ancient History almost. Muslims advcate it like today. Also I didn't initally bring the Hasidim into this thread.
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Actually Christians in Africa have been known to use gun point instead of swords.
 
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