I do too Q. I know sometimes people here assume I am in support of Muslims but I am not, I am in support of human beings and finding common ground and improving relations and try to get beyond this us vs them mind set. I do understand why that mind set exists and I'm not saying it has no basis in reality at all, but that when it mushrooms into a grouping of people into a bad category and violence is perpetrated based upon that it has gone too far and then "us" is playing the same game as "them". I believe if we focus on and accentuate the positive that there is it will nurture it and then peace and tolerance will eventually become the predominant mind set.

If the goal is to anger and incite radical militant Muslims to violent behavior then provoking them works, but all that does is perpetuate more violence, more distrust and more polarization between westerners and mid-easterners. Is that our goal, to perpetuate the violence? It is not my goal. I don't believe it is the goal of the governments involved in trying to contain and minimize the violence either. You (we) may not agree with their views and tactics but efforts towards peace should always be welcomed.