re: #439 Walter L. Newton

I don’t agree with the entirety of his statement, especially the bit about “every day..” (because clearly it isn’t a daily event) but if I had to place a bet on whether it was more likely for me to be killed by a random Christian vs. a random Islamic extremist, within the US, I would put money on the random Christian doing me in.

This isn’t because I think Christians are violent or whatever, but rather I am agreeing with his general point that, within the US, you are more likely to be hit by lightning than killed by a terrorist.

I don’t think Mr. Smiley, given his general history, was trying to paint Christians with some kind of dark brush, but rather he was making a point about the prevalence of nuttiness in humanity in general, rather than it being restricted to Islam. That would seem to be the point he was making, taken in context, and I happen to agree. He could have phrased it differently, certainly, but he isn’t some kind of anti-Christian nut.