Apology for 9/11?

[chirpychirpy]

How strongly do you feel that the Muslim community should apologise for 9/11, 10 years on?

[Warlock]

Well my newsagent swears it had nothing to do with him.
Why should he apologise?

[Dolly1308]

Warlock ,he should apologise along with all the others the same as people on here expect the British to do hundreds of years after they have done something .

[Sir Alec]

My sister had a friend who was on the floor where the plane hit on the North Tower. At least she didn't have to jump or fry, like others. Sick bastards!

[sandyRoe]

It was an unconventional act of war. For every innocent who died on 9-11 the USA has probably since killed more than 50 in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.
Are the Americans going to apologise?

[joggerjayne]

I think the issues are too complex for anything to be gained by one particular religious group saying "Sorry, guys".

The 9/11 terrorists "were" Muslim. But they didn't "represent" the Muslim community.

[Sir Alec]

Deal with the extremist Muslims who have been born in to this country.l Since they feel it is normal to call me White Bitch, White ***, White ***. Do you think this is normal thinking for young Muslims, since I find their sisters very sweet and nice. They even accept my dog, knowing that he only attacks men.

[ichkeria]

The question is ridiculous.
Should "Christians" apologise to Jews for the Holocaust?

[Huderon]

I think they have as much reason to apologise for it as I do for slavery ... none at all. It wasn't the "Muslim community" which was behind the attacks, just one group who saw a way to hit out at a nation they saw as an enemy on their own territory and garner a lot of publicity in the process.

[Snafu03]

does no-one else remember scenes of young British Muslims shamelessly celebrating in the streets that very day? Maybe it was 'nothing to do with them' but rest assured a few million peaceful muslims went to bed that night with a wry smile.

[ichkeria]

I "shamelessly celebrated" when Barcelona defeated Man United in the Champions League final, but I'm not going to apologise for the humiliation wrought on the team that night. That's up to Barcelona to do.

The September 11 2001 attacks were crimes which so far as I recall, many have already been punished, and the arch-planner assassinated.

[jake-the-peg]

Shall we ask the Pope to appologise for the IRA while we're at it too?

[Gromit]

No apology at all. The men who did it were terrorists who just happened to be Muslim. Hitler was a Catholic but you don't blame all Catholics for World War II and demand all Catjolics apologise every anniversary thereof.

15 of the 19 were Saudis. Maybe they should apologise for it.

[Snafu03]

LOL ikky - thats the poorest analogy evah!

[Snafu03]

gromit, the attack was committed by people who were acting in the name of islam, the hitler/catholic link is too tenuous.

[ichkeria]

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Snafu03
LOL ikky - thats the poorest analogy evah! "

The point being (apologies to Man Utd fans everywhere btw) that celebrating something is not the same as perpetrating it. I can apologise for celebrating, but it's not the same thing at all. Actually, I'd have thought that was obvious.
If the attacks were carried out "in the name of Islam" then that is in the minds of the perpetrators. Should all white people apologise for attacks carried out on black people "in the name of white supremacy"? I don't think so.

[andy-hughes]

Massive events are difficult for people to assimilate - which is where conspiracy theories come from.

For a momentous tragedy like this, it is human nature to look for someone to take responsibility and acknowledge a fault, and offer an apology. This is a psychological desire to help the healing process.

In this instance - with so many others, such an 'apology' is not going to be forthcoming because the perpetrators beieve they were right in their actions, and an apology from anyone else would be largely meaningless.

We should move on - and that includes avoiding the swathe of TV reminders going on now, and through the weekend. It does us no good at all to relive this horror - we should remember quietly and continue with the process of moving on.

[Gromit]

Snafu03

They can claim to be representing whoever they like, it does not mean they are. The Norweigan Mass Killer claimed to be a fundamental christian. That does not mean he was representing christians when he killed so many people, or that christians need to apologise for him.

[keyplus90]

Enough said - So recon I don't have to say anything.

[Davethedog]

I have always found it strange the way that a small group can terrorise the rest of us. If you and I could constuct bombs, we could call ourselves the "selly oak liberation front" put a bomb in Villa Park and immediatly we would get nation wide publicity but there would only be two people, so should all the people of Selly Oak have to apologise, even if some might be happy to be liberated.

If your brother was a member and not you, should you apologise, even if you didn't know what he was doing?

As I have said we as a nation are propagandised and polarised by the media some of which have thier own agenda.