Originally Posted by blueblade:
“They've got to be careful, because at the end of the day they are still very much the minority in terms of the total population. I think some of them are forgetting this fact because up till now, the majority haven't said or done very much.
It only takes a few atrocities for things to change on that score.”
Which is why they're not the least bit interested in being careful and why not only are they not forgetting this fact, they're actually counting on it. If picking some of us off gets us picking each other off as well, that can only be a bonus as far as they're concerned. Divide and conquer.
Sure, a lot of their 'own' minority innocents would have to be sacrificed along the way, but why would killing complete strangers of their own kind bother them if they're willing to sacrifice themselves in pursuit of a 'glorious' exit and a bunch of virgins? Many of those strangers will have come here actually hoping to embrace Western culture anyway, feeling that what we have to offer really is better than the life that extremists would wish for them. Their loss won't be celebrated any less by the terrorists than the loss of people who have been rooted here for generations.
I'm not one of those who thinks 'Throw open the borders! We can accommodate everyone!', far from it, but my heart does sink a bit whenever incidents of obvious racial intolerance are reported because I imagine that terrorists are winning an inch with each one and thinking 'Woohoo! Today the muslims are dodging the bacon, tomorrow they'll be dodging the bullets!' I'd rather not give them the satisfaction.