Truth Teller

Submitted by Harvey (European Union), Oct 6, 2007 at 07:06

Your analysis of atrocities past and present is expressed in such a manner that you are effectively asking the reader to accept Islamist hatred and terrorism on the basis that it has been an accepted tool of other nations throughout history.

In other words , why criticise Islam when it adopts the same means and methods as others in order to further its cause.

Truth Teller ,it does not make it any more acceptable to cite the actions of others to explain ones own hatred ,prejudices and intolerance of others to the point of committing acts of murder and mayhem on a grand scale

Furthermore , and without wishing to diminish the scale of the suffering highlighted in your commentary,it nust be clearly stated that almost without exception such atrocities and acts of aggression have been carried out by governments and political causes.

In the case of Islamofascism, we are presented with the politics of hatrred and intolerance of others encompased in the fervour of religion.This makes it a far more toxic and dangerous threat to our world community then anything that has gone before .The numbers of dead may be different but the ideals behind them are the same.

It is essential to compare the ambitions ,means and methods of Islamofascism with the twin scourge of the 20th century Nazism and Communism.

The main features underlying Nazism and Communism were ;

1.World domination of the ideal ie The 1000 Year Third Reich and Global Communism and the eradication of Capitalism

2,The superiority of the Aryan over all other races cultures and religions .

3The demonisation and subjection of those peoples.

4The use of warfare and terror to achieve those ends.

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