[France] The Riviera Knife Attack.

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I hate that islam has forced us to react in such a way

I don't agree with you. Islam does not have the power to make you kill people because they are Muslim.

You may think it makes you justified in your actions, but all it does is make them feel justified in their actions. So nobody wins.

You dont know me well enough to say I would want to kill muslims. 

I am sorry that you thought I was not referring to "you" personally, I was not. Thank you for your response, I agree with you, and we are even on the same page with most of it.

We are never going to agree on everything, and I hope we never become a land where there is no room for an independent or opposing thought. 

The thought of it brings my family to mind. I grew up in a family of ten children. We never could agree on anything as children. As adults we still don't agree on anything, but we mastered the power of compromise.

Love, compassion, understanding, compromise, the willingness to look and to see beyond ourselves and the beam in our own eyes, will help us in our attempt to pull away from evil.

You just made me think of something else about my childhood. For a long time I had peers that thought my kindness meant I was weak and easy pickings. I found this amusing for a while and played along, until I had to show my hand. 

I never wanted to hurt anyone because I knew what I was capable of, even if they didn't. That is why I took full responsibility for my actions. Evil has the power to manipulate the hands of the good as well.