Apparently there's a hashtag on Twitter #killallmuslims. Really? REALLY??! Why? Because a handful of disaffected youth have become radicalised by individuals with obscure, inhuman, selfish agendas and have gone out and murdered people in the name of their god? The very greatest majority of Muslims haven't done that - not as far as I'm aware. None of my Muslim friends are doing that. Almost all live peaceful, loving lives. Many push forward the human condition in a positive way.
If we were to simply focus on the actions of a very few and extrapolate their behaviour to an entire population, let's mirror that elsewhere and see where we end up:
killallchristians - because one or two become fundamentalists and plant bombs in public buildings and shoot up students on islands.
killallwhitepeople - because every now and then a white person becomes a mass murderer.
killallblackpeople - because every now and then a black person becomes a mass murderer.
killallusstudents - because every now and again a couple might decide to arm themselves to the hilt and murder their classmates and teachers.
killallmentallyillpeople - much like the US students - mentally ill people might get hold of a gun and commit an atrocity.
killallcardrivers - because car drivers cause car crashes and car crashes kill people.
killalldads - because every once in a while a Dad might the plot and commit an act of family annihilation.
killallmums - because sometimes a Mum might get post-natal depression and smother her baby.
killallpilots - because planes might crash and people might die and pilots will be flying the planes at the time.
killalldoctors - because Doctors can make mistakes and people can die as a result of those mistakes.
killallchefs - because people eat food and some food can be linked to obesity and life-limiting illnesses and people might die from those illnesses.
Is anyone left standing yet? Because we could go on here. And on. And on. Til we've all murdered each other and planet earth is left in peace at last.
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