re: #31 CuriousLurker

Drive-by comment:

Somewhat related. Interesting numbers, esp. when compared to March 2002, only 6 months after 9/11.

Continuing Divide in Views of Islam and Violence

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That’s a useful poll, and it definitely shows a deterioration in public attitudes just in the past few years. Even so, I tend to see religion less as a cause than as a handy rationalization for a course of action that has been decided for other reasons. This is probably more true of negative than of positive actions, since the latter would not require that their real motivations be obscured.