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Lucien LaCroix · 11-06-2004, 10:48 AM

Islam is and will continue to be a threat to the world so long as it defies self-examination of its tenets by its followers. It has been said that most Muslims are peaceful, caring, and loving people. Unfortunately, that is not the issue. In the birthplace of Islam, you have religious schools who are unabashed in their teaching of hatred and intolerance. And those Muslims that do not subscribe to a radical interpretation of the Quran act as sheep--too afraid or too indifferent to modify their faith's path. As such, they are equally responsible for the faith-based tragedies being visited upon the non-Muslim peoples of the world.

Their unwillingness to confront evil even in its most obvious forms is why there is no freedom in the Middle East (and why the experiment in democracy for Iraq will ultimately fail). For most Muslims, freedom is an abstract concept. For them freedom is simply having a life that involves less torture at the hands of their government or religious police. Even the most "moderate" of Muslim-dominated nations have an intolerance for dissent. You only have to utter an unfavorable remark in public about that particular country's leaders to have a demonstration of the truth of the previous statement.

When you have a person's existence so intertwined with a religous dogma that it turns them either into bullies or people who cower under their kitchen tables every night, then it becomes a very dangeorus thing to allow them to immigrate to free nations. It's as the Dutch filmmaker communicated in his judgment about Muslims failing to assimilate. Many Muslims don't emigrate from Arab/Islamic lands to become good Dutch, Americans, French, Canadians, or Brits, etc. They do so to be safe Muslims--to allow the shield of protection created by the courage and bloodshed brought about by the self-sacrifice of others to keep them safe. Once in their new country, nothing changes for them. There is no appreciation of what it took to create the society that affords them such safety. They reject their former countries (but not their culture) while failing to embrace their new countries. Such is the manner of any immigrant who refuses to assimilate. In America, such a mindset is embodied by "Give us your Blockbuster Video Stores, hospitals, and highway systems--and to hell with your culture." A good example of that mindset here in Florida happened when the Cuban national soccer team visited a few years ago to play a match against an American team. The stadium was packed by Cubans who had fled Castro's Cuba in the past 20 years. And in the stadium's bleachers flew...not thousands of American flags...but thousands of Cuban flags. And after the game, many of them went back to their Cuban enclaves in South Florida (also known by Floridians as "North Cuba") to play dominoes and wait for Castro to die--because they never had the guts to take him on.

When you allow such a mentaility to settle in your nation--a mixture of false pride, ethnic arrogrance, and intellectual cowardice--then you are introducing a dangerous pathogen into an otherwise healthy host. Many of these new citizens freely accept the socialist spending tendancies in so many countries because they are used to having the government in control of their lives. Sadly, life has taught them nothing. And they contaminate their societies in a very slow but inexorable process that drains the culture, spirit, and life from a country. That is not to say there are not exception to this sort of thing, but the exceptions are those who come here (and in other free nations) looking for something more than food in their bellies every day and the absence of the lash.

The only real solution to the problem of radical Islam is to confine all of Muslim adherents to that region of the world. I realize that is a very controversial statement. But until the citizenry of Islamic countries learn that freedom and safety aren't free; until they learn that self-sacrifice is about taking the fight to your enemies, not simply standing there in fear; then Islam will remain a very dangerous threat to Western societies--in one form or another.

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Lucien LaCroix Patron Join Date: 10-24-04 Location: Florida Posts: 248	Islam is and will continue to be a threat to the world so long as it defies self-examination of its tenets by its followers. It has been said that most Muslims are peaceful, caring, and loving people. Unfortunately, that is not the issue. In the birthplace of Islam, you have religious schools who are unabashed in their teaching of hatred and intolerance. And those Muslims that do not subscribe to a radical interpretation of the Quran act as sheep--too afraid or too indifferent to modify their faith's path. As such, they are equally responsible for the faith-based tragedies being visited upon the non-Muslim peoples of the world. Their unwillingness to confront evil even in its most obvious forms is why there is no freedom in the Middle East (and why the experiment in democracy for Iraq will ultimately fail). For most Muslims, freedom is an abstract concept. For them freedom is simply having a life that involves less torture at the hands of their government or religious police. Even the most "moderate" of Muslim-dominated nations have an intolerance for dissent. You only have to utter an unfavorable remark in public about that particular country's leaders to have a demonstration of the truth of the previous statement. When you have a person's existence so intertwined with a religous dogma that it turns them either into bullies or people who cower under their kitchen tables every night, then it becomes a very dangeorus thing to allow them to immigrate to free nations. It's as the Dutch filmmaker communicated in his judgment about Muslims failing to assimilate. Many Muslims don't emigrate from Arab/Islamic lands to become good Dutch, Americans, French, Canadians, or Brits, etc. They do so to be safe Muslims--to allow the shield of protection created by the courage and bloodshed brought about by the self-sacrifice of others to keep them safe. Once in their new country, nothing changes for them. There is no appreciation of what it took to create the society that affords them such safety. They reject their former countries (but not their culture) while failing to embrace their new countries. Such is the manner of any immigrant who refuses to assimilate. In America, such a mindset is embodied by "Give us your Blockbuster Video Stores, hospitals, and highway systems--and to hell with your culture." A good example of that mindset here in Florida happened when the Cuban national soccer team visited a few years ago to play a match against an American team. The stadium was packed by Cubans who had fled Castro's Cuba in the past 20 years. And in the stadium's bleachers flew...not thousands of American flags...but thousands of Cuban flags. And after the game, many of them went back to their Cuban enclaves in South Florida (also known by Floridians as "North Cuba") to play dominoes and wait for Castro to die--because they never had the guts to take him on. When you allow such a mentaility to settle in your nation--a mixture of false pride, ethnic arrogrance, and intellectual cowardice--then you are introducing a dangerous pathogen into an otherwise healthy host. Many of these new citizens freely accept the socialist spending tendancies in so many countries because they are used to having the government in control of their lives. Sadly, life has taught them nothing. And they contaminate their societies in a very slow but inexorable process that drains the culture, spirit, and life from a country. That is not to say there are not exception to this sort of thing, but the exceptions are those who come here (and in other free nations) looking for something more than food in their bellies every day and the absence of the lash. The only real solution to the problem of radical Islam is to confine all of Muslim adherents to that region of the world. I realize that is a very controversial statement. But until the citizenry of Islamic countries learn that freedom and safety aren't free; until they learn that self-sacrifice is about taking the fight to your enemies, not simply standing there in fear; then Islam will remain a very dangerous threat to Western societies--in one form or another. __________________ "If I see further than other men, it is because I stand upon the shoulders of giants." --Sir Isaac Newton Last edited by Lucien LaCroix : 11-06-2004 at 11:12 AM.