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Don't Upset The Muslims
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20/04/2012 09:26:30
 
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>>>http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/18/11273229-group-blasts-marine-corps-for-reviving-crusaders-name-and-symbols?lite
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>>>God forbid the Muslims get offended,
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>>I'm not a Muslim and I'm offended by my tax dollars being spent to have a unit called "The Crusaders." Crusaders were folks who marched across Europe and killed people (possibly including my ancestors) who didn't belong to their religion.
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>>Aside from this particular imagery, there's a problem in the US military of religious intolerance with non-Christian members being harassed about it. Religious imagery has no place in the military.
>
>What a crock.

What's a crock? That crusaders were killers, or that the military has a problem with intolerance by Christians?

Don't think I need to produce links for the first assertion. For the second, here's one:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/religious-intolerance-is-rampant-in-todays-army-air-force-and-navy/2012/02/08/gIQAAwAxzQ_blog.html

I can dig up more, if you need it.

Tamar
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