Quote:actually I'd argue that australians and americans (at least) are indoctrinated to hate muslims
Well if you would believe that then you are even more deluded than I imagined Gaybriel, that is the sort of victim mentality rot we hear from islamist apologists ad nauseum, but it just doen't ring true.
You confuse recognising a problem, Islam, and promoting hatred of people, muslims, it is not the same thing, and while you will no doubt point to the lunatic fringe, who most probably would hate jews, and blacks, and anyone else different from themselves, as an example of aussie promotion of muslim bashing, I would argue that they are so few and insignificant as to be the exception, not the rule.
I believe that in order to go to war people have to be desensitised to their enemy. the enemy has to be demonised and dehumanised. otherwise the public won't get behind the war.
it's been common practice throughout history. do you really think it has stopped now?