Burn A Koran Day?Posted By Jack Day |
Hmm, interesting question…
Well I guess my take on it would be this: I am getting sick and tired of everyone having to walk on eggshells to prevent pissing off some radical Islamists. Really, is there much of anything about western culture that does not piss them off? They now are able to dictate at will what we can / cannot show on television her in the U.S., i.e. South Park. Yet we are expected to turn the other cheek when they decide to build a new mosque at the 9/11 site in the name of free speech? So now we are going to allow them to exercise their “free speech” / “freedom of religion” rights while telling this other group NOT to exercise theirs. Wow.
Yes, I know and agree both are bad ideas, but when are we going to take a stand against these radicals? Is that not what our troops are there for in the first place? SJS is hard for me to accept. Average people do not just suddenly snap and become killers. Yes there are exceptions, but in the case of SJS these people have been conditioned, and told from birth that the U.S. is the Great Satan…
There was some discussion in an earlier thread about Christianity and Islam and who has killed more people yada yada yada. The difference I believe is that while western culture has transcended this belief, Middle Eastern culture has not. I do not believe that the average Muslim person spends much time plotting to convert or kill nonbelievers, but I suspect and believe that those in power in the Islamic Faith do.
Well I guess my take on it would be this: I am getting sick and tired of everyone having to walk on eggshells to prevent pissing off some radical Islamists. Really, is there much of anything about western culture that does not piss them off? They now are able to dictate at will what we can / cannot show on television her in the U.S., i.e. South Park. Yet we are expected to turn the other cheek when they decide to build a new mosque at the 9/11 site in the name of free speech? So now we are going to allow them to exercise their “free speech” / “freedom of religion” rights while telling this other group NOT to exercise theirs. Wow.
Yes, I know and agree both are bad ideas, but when are we going to take a stand against these radicals? Is that not what our troops are there for in the first place? SJS is hard for me to accept. Average people do not just suddenly snap and become killers. Yes there are exceptions, but in the case of SJS these people have been conditioned, and told from birth that the U.S. is the Great Satan…
There was some discussion in an earlier thread about Christianity and Islam and who has killed more people yada yada yada. The difference I believe is that while western culture has transcended this belief, Middle Eastern culture has not. I do not believe that the average Muslim person spends much time plotting to convert or kill nonbelievers, but I suspect and believe that those in power in the Islamic Faith do.