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oberliner

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6. That's like saying "blame sports" for football concussions

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 12:35 AM

Jan 2015

You should blame football, which is a sport, for football concussions.

And you can do so without needing to also point out that other sports lead to concussions as well.

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Blame zealotry, not Islam [View all] Panich52 Jan 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2015 #1

At the moment the Islamic fundamentalists are causing way more havoc Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #2

I'll just blame religion, not the people who take it too far NightWatcher Jan 2015 #3

Blame the radical salafari-wahabbi movement for the things JonLP24 Jan 2015 #4

Muslim zealots. mr_liberal Jan 2015 #5

That's like saying "blame sports" for football concussions oberliner Jan 2015 #6

Enough with this old canard Augustus Jan 2015 #7

Bingo. Or dhould I say, 'Amen'? Panich52 Jan 2015 #8

Blame the accidents of a religion's birth. oneview Jan 2015 #9

No, don't tar other religions with the same brush as Islam. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #10

I've known a lot of zealots. Igel Jan 2015 #11