Not deseperate nor aiding terrorists

Submitted by Charlotte (United States), Apr 24, 2007 at 00:55

Steph, I realized you had a bad experience, but not every man from an islamic nation is a psyho abuser or terrorist.

I met my fiance on the internet. He is Turkish and comes from a feudal muslim family. My lover loathes violence and is extremely liberal. He is gentle, hard working, brilliant, educated, intelligent, accomplished, free-thinking and artistic. He is an advocate against war in all its forms and views Islam as unbefitting of worship as any other religion which espouses barbarity (Judaism, Christianity, etc.) Never could I imagine him committing harm upon any human soul, let alone plotting against an entire nation of people for their corrupt government's imperialism.

I do understand that we must be wary of extremism, but to make a catch all statement such as meeting someone on the internet out of desperation brings terroism into the states, is a pretty far fetching allegation.

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