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I know it’s being a bit paranoid but for good reason, because if you have new followers on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or your own blog or writing site, do you sometimes wonder if the NSA is keeping tabs on you?
Probably. The fact that you and I as writers often are expressive of our beliefs and opinions about politics and religion not to mention the ways of the world and the international battles against Isil and other terrorists groups, makes us the focus of our own department of defense.
But open dialog between writers of America and countries that have been deeply hurt, and ravaged by radical Islamic organizations, or rather, terrorists groups, need an outlet they can use to channel their hopes and fears without being censured or interpreted as supporters of terrorist groups.
The internet is a platform for both open dialog between different nations and cultures as well as a way to be transparent. Even the United States and other countries have Twitter accounts and frequent Twitter as well as Facebook.
So yes, I do often worry about followers but I try to keep an open mind. The majority of citizens from other countries outside the United States are basically good natured and well intentioned. The thing that makes me worry is having the constant notion in my thoughts that free speech comes at a cost.
If I were to not allow followers from other countries and limit myself only to those from the UK, Germany, EU and America wouldn’t I be limiting my own ability to learn from others?
I think that the key to peace on earth must actually come from transparency from all nations on the planet and the internet offers a unique opportunity to do this for everyone. Poor, Rich, Middle Class, Left, Right, and so on.
What do you think? Do you believe the times are becoming so severe that perhaps us in America might one day become close minded and build a wall around our nation not just from Mexico to California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, but a sort of psychological wall based on fear and distrust of the rest of the world? This can not be a good thing but I begin to empathize with those who have begun to fear the outside world. I hope it’s not too late to learn to open our hearts, minds and spirits to accepting global diversity and find a common ground that we all, as a planet can learn to live with in peace without war, peace without borders, humans of one planet looking only for the good in others and showing proper respect for everyone. Time to lay down your weapons and learn to live with the lions, the bears, the tigers, united for all. It’s just an idea I had this morning while reading articles. By the way, have a great day. This is the day that the Lord has made.
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It is sad that on account of a few fanatics the entire community is condemned.
Terrorists have no religion. It's wrong to blame muslims because of the shameful activities of a bunch of fanatics. No religion preaches hatred.
Hi @swalia
You mentioned: religion doesn't preach hatred.
That is like saying: gun does not kill.
It is mishandling of gun (and poor gun control) which kills not the gun. Similarly, it is misunderstanding which breeds hatred.
No offense but religions are just like business organization.
If you understand Bible from the Bible, you will never become a terrorist. However, if you understand it from Church, then nothing can be said.
If you understand Quran from the Quran, you will never become a terrorist. However, if you understand it from Mullah, then nothing can be said.
@lookat/
yup it is not right to blame on all Muslims just because a person is at fault.
If you go to other sites, there are many Muslims writers who write good posts and are friendly too.
Some may be religious, just ignore those people.
You don't want to offend them , right?
I usually friend with those who write well and are non-religious type.
Then, it is easier to communicate with them.
Those terrorists are Syrian Muslims. The Abusayafs in Phils are Muslims, so most of them are not in the right wings.
The mass media likes to play favorites.
We cannot generalize Muslim people for being bad people. If we do this, it also falls into discrimination. You might not believe this. I have some Muslim friends and asked them about this kind of issue. All of them claimed that it is against in their religion to kill someone. They are considered not true Muslims.
Worry about followers from Muslim nations? I'm not sure that I can be worried. I'm kind of ignorant when it comes to geography. Not really sure I can even identify Muslim nations on the map. The Internet is border-less. The only time the Internet has borders is when the specific countries choose to create the barriers. Build a psychological wall in my head? For me, that would take too much effort. As far as I'm concerned if you want to follow or friend me and you don't do anything to make me feel like your association may be a threat, or you intend to harass me, then … Howdy! :)
No the Muslims nation is a peaceful nation and the terrorists on earth have no religion their religion becomes money and murder and nothing else.
As a Muslim, I am tired of condemning terrorist attacks being carried out by inherently violent people who hijack my religion. I am tired of condemning these attacks to people who are calm and apathetic when Muslims are killed by these same radicalized terrorists.
I am tired of hearing the word “terrorist” not being used when the suspect in a terrorist attack is a non-Muslim. I am tired of the “mentally disabled” excuse being recycled when the suspect in a terrorist attack is a Caucasian. I am tired of seeing hundreds of terrorist attacks carried out by non-Muslims not get the same coverage of even a single terrorist attack where the suspect happens to be Muslim
According to the FBI, 94% of terrorist attacks carried out in the United States from 1980 to 2005 have been by non-Muslims. This means that an American terrorist suspect is over nine times more likely to be a non-Muslim than a Muslim. According to this same report, there were more Jewish acts of terrorism in the United States than Islamic, yet when was the last time we heard about the threat of Jewish terrorism in the media?
For the same exact reasons that we cannot blame the entire religion of Judaism or Christianity for the violent actions of those carrying out crimes under the names of these religions, we have absolutely no justifiable grounds to blame Muslims for terrorism.
There have been 140,000 terror attacks committed worldwide since 1970. Even if Muslims carried out all of these attacks (which is an absurd assumption given the fact mentioned in my first point), those terrorists would represent less than 0.00009 percent of all Muslims.
To put things into perspective, this means that you are more likely to be struck by lightening in your lifetime than a Muslim is likely to commit a terrorist attack during that same timespan.