tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post2881062687407651449..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Jacoby on "Islamophobia"Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-87599048229457142682010-12-09T20:17:07.080-06:002010-12-09T20:17:07.080-06:00Indeed.Indeed.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-11911393442763607182010-12-09T19:16:49.312-06:002010-12-09T19:16:49.312-06:00Not to mention the fact that most of these "h...Not to mention the fact that most of these "hate crimes" are probably things like grafitti on religious buildings and not, you know, <i>mass murder</i>.Inspectorhttp://newclarion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-52675130384981564822010-12-09T07:09:05.538-06:002010-12-09T07:09:05.538-06:00Yes. I have a funny feeling that random crimes com...Yes. I have a funny feeling that random crimes committed in the name of a particular religion would neither be regarded as "hate crimes" nor legally classified as such.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-17245571301250614612010-12-08T22:54:19.372-06:002010-12-08T22:54:19.372-06:00Before I even reached the part where you address i...Before I even reached the part where you address it - the question immediately popped into my mind: if there were allegedly 128 crimes carried out against Muslims, how many were carried out <i>in the name of Islam?</i> More, I would wager. And certainly the one crime committed in the name of Islam on US soil we can all think of killed enough people to match 25 years of that statistic.<br /><br />The point is, it's myopic (and an affront to Justice) in addition to being hysterical.Inspectorhttp://newclarion.comnoreply@blogger.com