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On a side note...do a little research on this guy if you have time. Saeed Abedini And some of you have concerns/issues about some things that are being posted here on this topic.

Just from what I've read in the media it sounds like our young QB's are showing some real potential and promise. That was good to hear.

I see Mario scored 2 more goals last night in the ECHL playoffs. Maybe Hak should be fired due to the fact he totally mismanaged an offensive sniping stud like Mario for 4 years!

2) Weight? Maybe but it's apples to oranges IMO. Again those are random with no unifying ideological/religous connections. Muslim/Islamic attacks all have the same unifying tie. But that doesn't make the "white guy" situations any less tragic. 3) The list is not subjective. It's research based on disapproval of US policy and it's administration and these country's peoples view of the US. It's very accessible but I did smile as to your North Korea reference. North Korea isn't in the top 10 but Iran and Iraq are. I get the list and it's results aren't all inclusive but does give some insight. 4) Pull that card?? Just a fact I'm expressing. But using the "racist, "hate" and "ignorant" cards are acceptable?

Thank you! I never said anywhere to "hate" an entire group of people, but yet some liberal, "educated", enabling, apologists on this site want to then to vilify those, including me, for being "racist, hateful and ignorant" for views that differ from theirs. I'm very comforable with my personal stance so keep firing away if it makes you feel better. Your example above draws on human nature and in no way makes one a racist, hateful or ignorant for being more cautious, alert and discerning around "group" of people that have harmed you repeatedly. The "white guy" arguments thrown around hold no water as those are tragic acts of RANDOM violence. What do all Muslim acts of violence and terror on the USA and our people, 9/11, Boston, Ft. Hood, USS Cole, ect..., have in common??? Islam and it's radical interpretation of it and because of this these are NEVER acts of RANDOM violence. As to 82Sioux and his repeated history lessons...what are the 5 top five countries and it's people that "hate", your favorite word, the USA??? Egypt, Algeria, Lebanon, Palestine and Pakistan. See anything these countries all have in common? And if some of them had the means to come to this country to do what just happened in Boston don't you think they would??? Does that make all those people bad or evil...no but as Cratter mentioned above it is human nature to look at things, situations, and people differently in the face of repeated acts of violence/terror perpetrated by a group with a common link/theme. And maybe I have more skin in this game than most having lost someone close to my family overseas at the hands of the same type of cowards we witnessed in Boston that shapes my perspective. Racist?? Ignorant?? Hateful?? I guess a "rush to judgement" in using this terms has been made by some of the same people on this thread that told us not to do that to #1 and #2 when this was all unfolding. Ironic or hypocritical??

Fair enough. And from all accounts #1 and #2 seemed to love this country as much as you do...until Monday.

You keep bringing up the word "hate" and insinuating that when you reply to almost all my posts. Find a post where I used that word. I used the 4 Middle Eastern men as an example to try to get a point across but I appreciate the history lesson. We see this vastly different. Might be best to let it go on both sides.

An honest question...you ever watch MSNBC?? They lead the way in painting with a broad brush against everything that isn't liberal or left leaning...especially the Christian right. This will be my last comment on my "community as a whole" post...there are 4 million Muslims in the country and counting and if just 2 out of 4 million caused this terroristic act, I think I'm in the majority in feeling that we as a nation need to be more attentive and decerning as to our surroundings...including the Muslim community. A Democratic House Representative from Massachusetts when interviewed today on TV essentially said the same thing. If 4 Middle Eastern men were to show up at the Bruins or Sox game today, heads would have turned and some attention would be paid to them...right or wrong. Humans are not robots. Like Mafia said terrorists won't be walking around looking like Aladdin shouting "Death to America".

Watched the National Anthem sung by crowd at Fenway. Pretty moving.

Never stated these terroristic events represent all Muslims. People are human, not robots. But people have a right to be angry and upset about what has transpired over the last 5 days. It is being reported that the 2 had ties to radical Islam and also reported no one associated to them saw this coming from them. With the growing Muslim population in this country, my point was that if people look at Muslims and their religion with a little more caution and concern, so be it. People are human. BTW, Sioux-cia made reference in posts awhile back she is starting to feel less comfortable and safe in large crowds. Why??? That's a normal response and frankly understandable. But again, why?

Nothing to own. 9/11...ring a bell? And now this. Let's agree to disagree. You think I'm a racist. I think you're a _______. (But I'll pass on the public accusations) Let's call it even. Least the brother's father sees things clearly and claims his boys were framed.

You seem to be of that ilk to throw out the "racist" card when it fits your ideology. I'm kind of in the same boat as Fetch...I don't like Muslims that don't like us (USA). If that makes me a racist, well... If you want to have a big group hug and believe that will make everything better, knock yourself out.

Privy to what every other person in this country has...cell phone and TV. Just going by what is being reported by our unbiased, straight shooting media is putting out there.

Pretty ballzy in light of this Boston situation to say a posted "comment" on this site puts "zero value on life" when 3 are dead and 170+ injured. And you wanna talk about "zero value on life"!!! Everyone is very tolerant and loves duckies, bunnies, unicorns and rainbows...until they get their legs blown off! "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

I see your point but the problem is it was "those people"...again. This Boston situation was an Islamic Jihadist terroristic act...it's not the first and won't be the last but let's not water down the significane that this was another radical Islamic attack on this country. If this makes people take a different look at the Muslim community as a whole in this country, well...

So are we gonna now ask for a ban on pressure cookers?

One more dangerous than the other when used as they should be...for cooking and not bomb making. Seriously...

Will that order include crock pots?

We are a society of convenience!

Nay, nay...just bad guys WITH guns!

Where in this thread has anyone called the rounding up of all Muslims? And how is this scenario in Boston at this point in time anywhere near the OKC bombings? I guess I struggle to see the correlation with what you have posted above.

An uncle of the brothers that was interviewed called them "losers" and that the family was "ashamed".

So he won't be getting a second date with Eddie then???

If it walks like a duck, looks like a duck and sounds like at duck, it's a duck. This disaster had foreign terrorism written all over it from the get go.

Reports now are potentially linking the 2 brothers the the Islamic Jihad Union of south Asia.