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Originally Posted by Liberty4eva

First of all, you should know by now that I don't buy into this image that bin Laden was an Islamic fundamentalist. I believe we were lead to believe he was an Islamic fundamentalist for nefarious reasons. But that's another thread and topic unto itself. I'd rather not open a can of worms if I can avoid it.

But if I for one half-second believed that bin Laden was an Islamic fundamentalist as he is portrayed to be, it's still idiotic to, with one brush, say or suggest that all Americans are as bad as bin Laden.

Well your first paragraph is just a baseless claim unless you do elaborate because I've never really heard that claimed before, unless you're just saying he doesn't represent a true fundamentalist reading of Islam but anyway..

Yes it would be idiotic to say that all Americans are as bad as him, I was just making the point that fundamentalism - which a large number of Americans do subscribe to - is dangerous in all religions

Originally Posted by 08marsh

Except there's one or two VERY BIG differences between the two. 10 points for the person who can spot it.

Not the point