Father of 9/11 Victim Fights to Have 'Murdered by Muslim Terrorists' Inscribed on Son

[Bubba]

Originally Posted by ocsdor

I hope the father wins. That way, at every location where American Indians were killed, we (those of us with American Indian blood) can put up a plaque that says: "Our fathers/mothers/sons/and daughters murdered by Christian terrorist."

You could do that, but it would not be the same. It has to do with the "flag" the attackers were under. In the case of Native Americans, the aggressive party was united under the banner of their country and performed callous acts through ignorance combined with a desire to colonize new lands. Their primary bond was their country, and their primary mission was acquisition. A plaque saying your ancestors were murdered by American expansionists, or American colonists, or some such would be fairly accurate and I really couldn't take much issue with it.

In the case of 9/11, the attackers were not united under the cause of any polity or region or race. They united under the flag of radical Islam for the purpose of causing terror attacks against the U.S. Therefore, since their primary bond was religion, and their primary mission was disruption through terrorism, calling them Muslim terrorists is perfectly accurate.