Posted July 26, 2016
mecirt: Nobody defends this. People simply - unlike you - remember, what happened when nations gave in to mass hysteria (hint: holocaust and World War 2), and do not want a comeback. Anyone telling you that a simple solution exists is lying to you.
Also, the terrorist (though they were called "separatist" at that time) attacks used to be much worse in the 1970s. Yet, somehow, we are still around.
And people like you think human history began 70 years ago. Trying to relativize things, clutching your pearls while blurting out fatuous platitudes and indulging in tone-deaf scaremongering that is totally oblivious to context will only make you and yours an easier prey. Also, the terrorist (though they were called "separatist" at that time) attacks used to be much worse in the 1970s. Yet, somehow, we are still around.
And you would be put on a chopping block in Saudi Arabia. Seems like he'd be better off.