"terrorism is a product of certain beliefs, rituals, and behavior."

Yes, but that doesn't automaticly mean it's a culture, or in fact a belief, ritual or behaviour.

>>First of all such a culture would destroy itself very early on.<<

Not if their culturally supported terrorism was directed at something outside of their culture. This tends to unify groups and prolong hate and conflicts.

Some cultures are more accepting of certain types of terrorism than others. Members of some cultures endure great injustices and never kill civilians that have nothing to do with the injustices they endure. Members of other cultures murder civilians regularly.

That terrorism is not a culture does not mean that there's nothing cultural about terrorism.

420 100% accuracy.

Deci you[']r[e] a [mormon]. And hey! btw im black! don't you love it?

~ Cloud

[refrain from insults please. And bad spelling/grammar while you're at it!]

acting on beliefs, everyone is free to believe what he wants, but not to act upon those beliefs.
other than that, yes.

actually, i think deci has a valid debate in this thread, he has interesting points of view, i don't agree with them, but that's the point of a discussion, is it not?

it is, once again, you choose to (act upon) being a racist, and you choose to be a telemarketer. You do not choose your race.

also, you won't hear me say a racist is per definition someone with a lack of intelligence or whatever.

>>anti-racists are saying people should respect other people and their opinions<<

No. They are not.

>>on the other hand, the same anti-racists are calling racists ignorant hillbillies.<<

That people who do not think someone's skin tone or features make them more or less of a human being are calling you an ignorant hick does not make them wrong or you not an ignorant hick. That you think there's hypocrisy here just makes you unintelligent and/or uneducated.

>>so you can be emotionally dismissive about someone's beliefs but not about someone's skin colour?<<

There's no call to be 'emotionally dismissive" about anyone's skin color to not be a racist. You have no idea what you're talking about.

>>my a moron? oh, the irony! and do try to keep the discussion on topic instead of just throwing insults.<<

He was on topic. [] And it's throwing this whole thread off topic, because you're such an idiot nothing you say makes any sense whatsoever. You haven't thought this over as much as a 3rd grader and here you are whining about someone else's subject matter.

>>instead of trying to respond to sensible arguments you start name-calling.<<

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>> if my arguments were somehow ridiculous or daft, it would be way easy to prove them wrong.<<

You never had "arguments." I hope showing this is sufficient to shut you up, [].

>>or at least debate them in some fashion. but seeing how you are unable to do that..<<

Whaaaa whaaaa whaaaa you've been run over.

Primo misses the point. Schools the world over really are failing the children.

>>[as i said, believing something = > allowed, acting upon it => not allowed]<<

So you're saying that we can make laws prohibiting actions but not thoughts because WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO READ THOUGHTS? WOW. YOU'RE A GENIUS. THANKS FOR POSTING THIS UNCOMMON WISDOM. Pardon my sarcasm. You are, in fact, a dolt. Jump. Jump now.

>> someone who hates telemarketers or racists is no more or less moronic than a racist<<

So disliking being harassed by some salesman at home is EQUALLY MORONIC to someone who holds the belief that one's skintones/features makes them more or less of a person. Comparisons like this are why we don't hestitate to say [].

>>i don't think one's emotional responses to foods, races or colours should be any measure of intelligence.<<

I'll wager there are a lot of emotional responses to foods, races, and colours that show intelligence. Does food make you horny? Do Indians make you outraged? Does the color green make you want to murder innocent strangers? If you said yes to any of these questions, you're probably none too bright.

>>if disliking something should only be acceptable if it's something the target of the dislike has chosen<<

This is not the sole condition of the argument against racism. Congratulations on your sketchy response. Oh my god you pointed out that one part of the argument against racism as an intelligent position is not sufficient! You're BRILLIANT? I don't think you're dumb because of whatever race you are.[]