New York, NY – Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New York City “will not tolerate any bias” following the arrest of a U.S. citizen from Pakistan in the Times Square car bombing attempt.
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Bloomberg addressing last night’s arrest of a suspect in the attempted Times Square attack, said that also applies to potential backlash against Muslim New Yorkers.
The mayor said there are “a few bad apples” among any groups. He also cited New York’s long history of accepting cultures from the around the world.
Joining the mayor was hero street vendor Lance Orton, who alerted authorities to the smoke-filled SUV.
Wait… The bomber was a Muslim?? Surprised? Anyone suprised? What? Nobody? Oh, ok
oh? so he can accuse the tea partiers without any proof, just because he doesn’t like their political views. But God forbid we should have a negative view, about the people that actually did it
i totally agree with the mayor.
Fact all this happens by muslims and only muslims so how can u say its nothing against muslims just few rotten apples this is bias bias!!
When people are welcomed into your country, given every freedoom and liberty, given citizenship, and then go ahead and try to blow up those very people who were kind to them all in the name of Muslim faith, WHAT SHOULD THE REACTION BE?!
Dear Mr. Mayor, instead of your; “We will not tolerate and bias” speech, you should be saying; “We will not tolerate muslim terrorists in New York”.
Get a life.
How ever did Michael Bloomberg know this guy was a Tea Partier upset with Obamacare? Why, with insight like that, he could be Mayor of New York City! Certainly seems representative of how the Left, er, “thinks” though.
Imagine the world outcry if a jew set off a bomb in Cairo or Riyadh.
THE MAYOR IS RIGHT. Do these fools represent the entire muslim society? No! Almost aLL OF THEM BUT NOT ALL OF THEM!
Neturei karta rtepresent all jews? No! Fill in the rest!
Wouldn’t it be nice of the Moslem Pakistani community turned in the “few bad apples” to the authorities? By doing so and preventing such attempted violence, they would go a long way towards preventing bias.
We officially have the dumbest mayor on the planet! (Or just acting it)
Countless societal misfits are not Muslim: Timothy McVeigh was not a Muslim, nor are members of the KKK, skinheads, Aryan Nation, nor Yigal Amir, the individual who assassinated Yitzchok Rabin.
yes, we should be biased against hindus and buddists etc etcnot muslims..before anyone ,usually leftists, have some comments.yes we will have bias against muslims.why dont we see an organizes powerful response, demonstrations etc. thats what we do in our circles when one does such things or other acts. .why have not we seen huge organized demostartions againt the islamists by muslims, just a few feeble muslims. so that shows, behind closed doors they agree with the principle that the imman is coming and they have to rule!!!!!
brilliant.
please be biased only against wall street firms and people who work for goldman sachs.
coz they are the ones we really have to worry about.
NOT!
i dont know aboutyou but if someone of a specific group did something to harm me or threaten me i would be wary of their group. and i would not find it strange if they felt the same if i did them wrong.
It is up to individuals who they choose to be wary of. I have no problem with that.
The mayor was just saying that crazy people who take this wariness to another level and start committing violence against innocent muslims will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
This is such a non-issue.
When a group makes up such a tiny percent of Americans but almost 100% of terrorists in America, then its starting to be our fault for being so politically correct….
Bloomerg’s comment, while a plausible footnote, should never be the headline reaction. You are a bleeding heart liberal who is much more concerned with the rights of terrorists than our security. You ought never be re-elected to any office.
The whole thing is a misunderstanding : Some of his best friends are ,Americans .
I think we should applaud the fact that New Yorkers and the world are pulling together and realizing that the kind and decent people in this world can have a significant impact on ruining hateful peoples attempt to terrorize us. We should spend a little more time celebrating the hero street vendor, and others like the brave Dutch gentleman who shut down that pants bomber. There are a lot more of us who are kind and brave and we now know to act first and ask questions later. I haven’t heard of too many instances where someone’s instincts have proven wrong, and I think that if something looks suspicious, no one would object to further investigation, even if it proves to be nothing. Terrorists thrive on fear and divisiveness, and attention. The best way to retaliate is to use our heads, and let them know that such attempts backfire because they pull kind human beings together, and keep us on our toes. Let’s face it, tolerance is achieved by intelligent human beings, which means we are way smarter than them…
The mayor just wants to cover his skin. This is the same stuff everyone said since 9/11. So I guess we wait for another real tragedy to happen. Then we of course condemn those that did it. We send out some more bumper stickers that say “we’ll never forget”. Of course we’ll get all upset at them for what they did. Get back to “America” which is all about “wall street and baseball”. And we’re back to our same old selves in no time. Hashem just wants us to just start the tshuva process and he’ll take care of the rest. I sure hope we can be mechazek eachother the right way. I think “bein adam lechavero” would be a good place to start. I hope we learn our lesson before it’s too late.
Why is everyone making such a stink. George Bush repeatedly said the exact same things about Muslims after 9/11 and throughout his presidency as Bloomberg has now said, and yet all of you cheered Bush.
This is why the western world is doomed
If we are all so unhappy with the leaders of this state/country why is there such a paucity of contenders for the job. I know there is no way I could handle what is tossed at them every day. Yes, at this point in the country, we have certain groups that are attacking us…..but we were fighting with the South at one point. Let’s lose the wasted efforts demeaning cultures, and fight the real enemy, which is people who use religion (of any form) to harm people. Obviously, anyone on this post cares, so what about taking the high road, and not allowing any faction to take away our ability to celebrate our differences. I think anyone on this post cares about what happens to us……..so why are we wasting energy demeaning each other. There is no template for evil, it is a case by case incident, and if you look at history, many of us have been portrayed in different eras in horrible stereotypes. Are we not above that. Granted, there are factions at this point that are more vicious than others, but look thru history. It has always been the case. Don’t let them divide US…no matter what you adhere to, look at what we have accomplished in this country. And we still keep giving…
Wow, it’s great to see Jews arguing against the same freedom of religion and atmosphere of tolerance and pluralism that has allowed them to thrive in the U.S. like nowhere else. You could cut the hypocrisy with a knife. I understand why people are making these knee-jerk arguments but seriously, let’s get some integrity and *not* use this as yet another excuse to hate people who are different from us. Do we really think the terrorists don’t want us to hate Muslims??