tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post235310288528902942..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: And the "Quote of the Day" goes to ....SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-12171552696195398562013-04-29T15:14:30.254-07:002013-04-29T15:14:30.254-07:00this wasn't a blog about law
it was a blog ab...this wasn't a blog about law<br /><br />it was a blog about recognizing that, as my friend Salam Al-Marayati said last week "terrorism had no religion"<br /><br />thanks for taking time to commentSUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-20344782008150452332013-04-29T15:03:09.399-07:002013-04-29T15:03:09.399-07:00I wonder what the opinion of the relatives of thos...I wonder what the opinion of the relatives of those dead soldiers and the relatives of the terrorism victims would be?<br /><br />Fine, I won't change your mind. But I do object to having my comments about him vs. a terrorist bomber mischaracterized as making excuses for him. To hold an opinion that A's actions are not as bad as B's actions does not equal making excuses for A's RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-61660653892717340282013-04-29T10:57:19.045-07:002013-04-29T10:57:19.045-07:00I never miss Bill Maher. He's on my "TIVO...I never miss Bill Maher. He's on my "TIVO" list. And I think he's wrong, too. (But I don't scream ... I rant. It's a different charism.)SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-19405778580232673222013-04-29T10:53:33.699-07:002013-04-29T10:53:33.699-07:00So, I guess you also find yourself screaming at Bi...So, I guess you also find yourself screaming at Bill Maher whenever he makes these comparisons on his show (or maybe you don't watch -- he does detest religion). Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16855171851801011788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-41703307901213355152013-04-29T08:30:19.141-07:002013-04-29T08:30:19.141-07:00thumbs up first paragraph; thumbs down second.
w...thumbs up first paragraph; thumbs down second. <br /><br />when "we" make excuses for "our" crackpot extremists by explaining why their actions "aren't at bad" as those of the other guys' extremists we fail to implement what you outline in your initial argument. <br /><br />and ... as the mother of an Irag/Afghanistan vet ... you're never going to change SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-73610374080325110162013-04-29T08:24:06.493-07:002013-04-29T08:24:06.493-07:00There's some truth to what you say, and it bea...There's some truth to what you say, and it bears thinking about. In fact both men do represent certain factions in the umbrella that covers their religion. Like it or not, there are extremists in any religion that take some of the ideas and run them out to an extreme while failing to integrate them into the rest of the ideas they have. It is the duty of those of us who are adherents of theRonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.com