There goes that friendship.

[splinteredstar]

Okay.

Context. Friend (K) and I were chatting with someone we both knew (Ch). Rain was impending. Another mutual friend (K2, who is Muslim) had borrowed K's umbrella, and we joked about having to beat him to get him to return it.

Ch made some crack about how it's not murder if they're Muslim, and then defended this statement by saying that if we had been to a Muslim country we would agree.

I walked away, and flipped the bird as I left.


I plan on never talking to him again. 

Comments

[serria.livejournal.com]

Holy shit. What an awful thing to say. I hate these Westerners who think they "know" Muslims countries - as if "Muslim country" is one homogeneous descriptor, first off, and demonizing a whole people and entire culture? Ugh.

Hopefully this guy learns from this experience.

[starsplinter.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. I'm pretty sure he's the type that just bullshits to get people pissed off at him, but *still*.

[kari-izumi.livejournal.com]

No shit. The US is considered a Christian country, but it's way different type of Christianity than you'd get from Spain (where the five century ban on other forms of worship was lifted only in the past decade) or Ireland (where religion dictate much of the law to this day).

Places like Tunisia and Libya (recent events aside) are considered rather progressive, and they (LE GASP) Muslim countries.

Grr. Stupid people. D:

[starsplinter.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly. OMG, COUNTRIES ARE DIFFERENT EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THE SAME RELIGION. LE GASP. MY MIND IS BROKEN.

*grrr*

[kari-izumi.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just...wow.

[starsplinter.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and you know what's really pissing me off about this? I'd heard the guy hint about things like that, vaguely racist things, but he's ex-military and I always, instinctually, give military people the benefit of the doubt. (Air force brat here, if you didn't know that)

And then he goes and says some shit like this. Goddamn it he should *know* better...