Boston bombings: American in Arabia says swap finger pointing for Arab-style community spirit
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The Boston Marathon bombing has killed several people and maimed dozens of others. I’m angry. I’m sad.
Those two bombs were also filled with anger - cellphone-detonated bundles of rage. This hate was sprayed throughout crowds of people and it’s still spreading like the flu. Through Twitter and other media, instead of quarantining the sickness, tweeters are sneezing this infectious ire on entire groups of people.
One Fox News reporter tweeted , "Muslims are evil, We should kill them all.” Good God sir! You, a disseminator of news, blasted this across the World Wide Web !??! That is like a doctor injecting his patients with HIV. We need to stop the bleeding, not promote its exponential growth!
This very well may have been the work of terrorists. It is quite possible an Islamist group orchestrated this sickening attack- one specialist said it looks like the work of Al Queada. It could equally have been a domestic terror case, like Timothy McVeigh or Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph or the Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski. At this point, it is too early to ascribe a motive or to identify a suspect. But you're a reporter, do I really need to tell you this?
In all the reports I did see something very MIddle Eastern in the aftermath of the chaos, Many Bostonians have opened their homes to aimless runners, given them rides to the airports, and offered any help possible.
This heals and is worth promoting. As for championing the mass destruction of nearly 1.5 billion people who call themselves followers of Mohammed, whether it's 'sarcasm' or not -- that’s just sick.
By Brett Weer
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I couldn't agree more with the author of this article. The bombing of the Twin Towers was quite different from the bombs in Boston. I don't know why anyone would think that the American people are pointing fingers at the Arabic community style functions/gatherings??? In fact, I'd be the first person to say that I personally know Arabs working in my area, that I speak to. We have an Islamic church right down the street. Never ever has there been any violence. I have a respect for all people until such time that they try to infringe upon the rights of others. I have posted comments for nearly a year on articles written about Arabic people (regardless of which country they live in). As Americans living in a Nation under God, we try very hard to respect the rights of all people regardless of their ethnic background, religious viewpoints, etc. What do Americans have to gain by finger pointing at Saudi Arabia or other Arabic countries? And if there were a handful who did, would that make it okay for an Arabic country to set off bombs in a community setting? I don't even know what to say. It was tragic that it happened. We don't know why or who, just where. Most Americans abhor violence (myself included). This act of vengeance by whomever, is just to senseless.