HOORAY FOR THE UK!!!
Hooray for the UK!!!
I was very impressed by and proud of all the great work done in the UK in regards to the recent foiled terrorist plots. Notwithstanding the fact that the plots underscored the vile, murderous, and hate-filled ideology of the Islamic terrorists involved, it was conversely most impressive work on the part of the Police, Airline, and Intelligence officials - UK, US, and Pakistani (so we hear) - to save us from the these wretches.
Let it be known first and foremost: much like all of the recent terrorist strikes (9/11; 7/7; Madrid, etc.), these people do not care who they kill. The intended victims are of all races, ethnicities, religions, creeds, etc. This is indiscriminate murder - there were Muslims in the Twin Towers in NYC on 9/11/01.
These miserable people murder for the sake of murder and are trained, financed, and encouraged by lunatic "clerics" (and the global terror network) to do so. There is not, nor was there ever, nor will there ever be any "justification" for these acts and intended acts.
The global left wing always tries to trot out the same old tired saws about the "origin" or "causes" of these vile acts: "poverty," "racism," "unemployment," and the like. This is pure GARBAGE!! Osama bin Laden came from an incredibly wealthy family. Look how he has used his wealth... (I notice there is still a great deal of crime in every city on the planet, despite all of humanity's efforts to eliminate "racism," "poverty," the lack of education, etc. Why? Why is there crime?)
This Islamic hate movement is very well financed from a variety of sources. (We can start with our own addiction to oil, much of the profits of which go toward state terrorism and weapons.) Did you see Hezbollah recently giving out many thousands of dollars to the victims of the recent war?! No wonder the common people voice some sympathy with them, even if Lebanon is one third Christian.
It is incredible that we here in the US still debate nonsense about "profiling," "tolerance," etc. in the face of the most grave danger we have faced since WWII (perhaps even MORE dangerous and insidious, since we fight cowards who do not wear uniforms, refuse to come out and fight us in public, kill and maim innocent people with IEDs, etc.). OF COURSE we should be doing profiling of terrorist types - everywhere in our country. What is more important now to us than the safety of the homeland. I - and you - should fully support the President's position on wire-tapping (and a pox on that pathetic liberal judge who just ruled to the contrary). "If Al-Qaeda's calling, we want to know why..." Simple enough, isn't it?
I hate to see any encroachment on my civil liberties, as well. I also, in theory, support more limited government. However, these are extraordinary times and require extraordinary sacrifice. This is most likely a permanent conflict - we must be ever diligent.
Our freedoms, our great civilization, our great and sacred history with its foundations in philosophy and the Christian religion - these must be protected at all costs. The USA is a place of religious tolerance (where conversions are made by appealing to the heart and mind, rather than by forced conversions at the point of a scimitar), enlightened, objectivist philosophy, and Capitalism - all elements that make up the American character and "dream." We stand for human progress - and actually believe in it. We stand for the promotion of science, and in fact this is explicitly stated in our Constitution (Article 1, Section 8). We in the US know - we don't think - we KNOW - that theocracies do not work (and never have in any rational society - or within the hearts of rational people). On the other hand, explicitly atheistic societies, conversely, do not work - and never have. There must be a balance. The foundational documents of the USA make this clear and promulgate these values.
Islam was once the world's most advanced civilization (8-10th centuries AD; with some allowance for debate). Europe got an "assist" from great Islamic scholars by their preservation of the best of Greek philosophy, especially Aristotle, when they were long forgotten and suppressed in Europe. Many Islamic scholars valued the European tradition of rationalism very highly, and used it to great effect to advance their culture in art, mathematics, medicine, and architecture (have you ever visited Spain's Alhambra? I have - it's one of the most phenomenal structures on the planet).
Unfortunately, many of the greatest Islamic scholars - such as the great Avicenna and Averroes - ended up being either censured, exiled, or murdered by fundamentalist zealots of their own religion. The triumph of irrational and fundamentalist Islam over the elements of tolerant, rational, and science-loving Islam is one of history's great tragedies. The latter exist in Islamic society today, of course (many of them living in the West), and it's a great tragedy that we never hear from them. The noise from the ululating holy hatemongers drowns them out. The media are no help, since sensationalism, hate, violence, and the like seem to "sell" much better than rationality, science, and peace. The great Islamic scholars of the past must be rolling over in their graves these days...
TTC
I was very impressed by and proud of all the great work done in the UK in regards to the recent foiled terrorist plots. Notwithstanding the fact that the plots underscored the vile, murderous, and hate-filled ideology of the Islamic terrorists involved, it was conversely most impressive work on the part of the Police, Airline, and Intelligence officials - UK, US, and Pakistani (so we hear) - to save us from the these wretches.
Let it be known first and foremost: much like all of the recent terrorist strikes (9/11; 7/7; Madrid, etc.), these people do not care who they kill. The intended victims are of all races, ethnicities, religions, creeds, etc. This is indiscriminate murder - there were Muslims in the Twin Towers in NYC on 9/11/01.
These miserable people murder for the sake of murder and are trained, financed, and encouraged by lunatic "clerics" (and the global terror network) to do so. There is not, nor was there ever, nor will there ever be any "justification" for these acts and intended acts.
The global left wing always tries to trot out the same old tired saws about the "origin" or "causes" of these vile acts: "poverty," "racism," "unemployment," and the like. This is pure GARBAGE!! Osama bin Laden came from an incredibly wealthy family. Look how he has used his wealth... (I notice there is still a great deal of crime in every city on the planet, despite all of humanity's efforts to eliminate "racism," "poverty," the lack of education, etc. Why? Why is there crime?)
This Islamic hate movement is very well financed from a variety of sources. (We can start with our own addiction to oil, much of the profits of which go toward state terrorism and weapons.) Did you see Hezbollah recently giving out many thousands of dollars to the victims of the recent war?! No wonder the common people voice some sympathy with them, even if Lebanon is one third Christian.
It is incredible that we here in the US still debate nonsense about "profiling," "tolerance," etc. in the face of the most grave danger we have faced since WWII (perhaps even MORE dangerous and insidious, since we fight cowards who do not wear uniforms, refuse to come out and fight us in public, kill and maim innocent people with IEDs, etc.). OF COURSE we should be doing profiling of terrorist types - everywhere in our country. What is more important now to us than the safety of the homeland. I - and you - should fully support the President's position on wire-tapping (and a pox on that pathetic liberal judge who just ruled to the contrary). "If Al-Qaeda's calling, we want to know why..." Simple enough, isn't it?
I hate to see any encroachment on my civil liberties, as well. I also, in theory, support more limited government. However, these are extraordinary times and require extraordinary sacrifice. This is most likely a permanent conflict - we must be ever diligent.
Our freedoms, our great civilization, our great and sacred history with its foundations in philosophy and the Christian religion - these must be protected at all costs. The USA is a place of religious tolerance (where conversions are made by appealing to the heart and mind, rather than by forced conversions at the point of a scimitar), enlightened, objectivist philosophy, and Capitalism - all elements that make up the American character and "dream." We stand for human progress - and actually believe in it. We stand for the promotion of science, and in fact this is explicitly stated in our Constitution (Article 1, Section 8). We in the US know - we don't think - we KNOW - that theocracies do not work (and never have in any rational society - or within the hearts of rational people). On the other hand, explicitly atheistic societies, conversely, do not work - and never have. There must be a balance. The foundational documents of the USA make this clear and promulgate these values.
Islam was once the world's most advanced civilization (8-10th centuries AD; with some allowance for debate). Europe got an "assist" from great Islamic scholars by their preservation of the best of Greek philosophy, especially Aristotle, when they were long forgotten and suppressed in Europe. Many Islamic scholars valued the European tradition of rationalism very highly, and used it to great effect to advance their culture in art, mathematics, medicine, and architecture (have you ever visited Spain's Alhambra? I have - it's one of the most phenomenal structures on the planet).
Unfortunately, many of the greatest Islamic scholars - such as the great Avicenna and Averroes - ended up being either censured, exiled, or murdered by fundamentalist zealots of their own religion. The triumph of irrational and fundamentalist Islam over the elements of tolerant, rational, and science-loving Islam is one of history's great tragedies. The latter exist in Islamic society today, of course (many of them living in the West), and it's a great tragedy that we never hear from them. The noise from the ululating holy hatemongers drowns them out. The media are no help, since sensationalism, hate, violence, and the like seem to "sell" much better than rationality, science, and peace. The great Islamic scholars of the past must be rolling over in their graves these days...
TTC
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