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Originally Posted by Twosugars
Not necessarily irrelevant.
Islam is roughly 500 years younger than Christianity. If we assume that religions evolve in a simillar way and go through a period of violent zealotry then Islamist terrorists are equivalent to Christian zealots of the 15th and 16th centuries. Which would cover inquisition, religious wars in Europe and St. Bartholomew's Massacre in France where thousands of Hugenots were slaughtered in broad daylight. Even the then French King was taking potshots at people from his palace windows.
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Except this is the 21st Century. Are we supposed to wait for these savages to catch up to the rest of the world? How many gays are they going to throw off buildings before it's acceptable for us to say they're wrong instead of making excuses for them?