Care to Not Comment?

Would anyone care to not comment about anything at all. I browse through the web and I am completely overwhelmed at the amount of opinions, objections, speculations and grievances there are out there.

Don't get me wrong, everyone's entitled to an opinion, but I suspect the anonymous nature of the internet has stirred up some intense comments that would have otherwise been considered impolite for public discussion. In everyday society we always find a few people who can't keep quiet to save their life, but on the internet, even the most conservative and polite gain an online persona and spew about anything and everything.

Honestly, if you wouldn't say it in a face to face, real live, might get punched in the head for saying it scenario, then who are you kidding by being so bold in type? Yourself?

I recently read an article that basically called all Muslims terrorists, who are bound by their religion to kill any person who does not follow the same beliefs . No, I am not a Muslim. In fact, I don't know much about the religion. I do however work with a few people who are. Despite outlandish claims to the otherwise, my co-workers have assured me that I am perfectly safe among them, and they are not waiting to secretly ambush me and put me to death for my Christian beliefs. They did however indicate that they are required to pray several times a day, so add that to the regular family and job obligations, they really don't have any spare time to go around killing anyone anyway.

Every religion, race, nation and culture has its shameful extremists. Think about slavery, the slaughter of North America's native peoples, the Church's attempt to wipe out devil worship in earlier centuries through means that can only be labelled torture. How about the Salem witch trials, or better yet, the holocaust. The history of mankind is rich with examples of our willingness to jump on the bandwagon and purge the world of those we feel are unfit, unworthy or beneath our standards.

Since the dawn of time, it's always been one tribe against another, fighting for dominance. We may have advanced in many areas since the stone age, but our moral compass clearly has not. Why can't we just let each other be, to live, grow, love and worship as they choose? Honestly, what is wrong with us?