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IF IT QUACKS LIKE A DUCK, IT'S A DUCK

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Submitted by DANIEL REDMOND (United States), Jan 2, 2010 at 11:10

Well, if ever there was a case of preaching to the choir, this is it. Consider me the choir, Mr. Pipes, when you point out the obvious; that Islam contains core values of hatred and bigotry that have led to a grinding and relentless animosity toward the United States. The late John Allen Muhammad was just one more manifestation of this hatred. In our own society's somewhat self-destructive pursuit of compromise to, and acceptance of, cultural diversity we have embarked upon a policy of searching for any cause for evil other than the festering hatred inherent in Islam.

It's as if we've been confronted with an elephant in the drawing room but are under strict orders to call it anything but an elephant. How many times do our enemies have to literally tell us that their actions are born out of Islamic hatred (jihad) before we take them at their word and react accordingly? For how long will we refer to the perpetrators of Islamic-instilled violence as being members of the "religion of peace"?

For a while I had considered our own nation's predominant Christianity as being a bulwark against the encroaching violence of Islamic radicals. But it has occurred to me that Christianity, which preaches the absurd doctrine of "love thine enemies," may very well be part of the problem. It is just such a self-destructive and delusional mindset that provides fertile ground for the twisted viewpoint that those who wish to kill us are extending an olive branch when they fly huge airplanes into crowded office buildings. I consider Islam to be nothing more nor less than a malignant cancer of the mind that has spread like a contagion to hundreds of millions of people and is continuing its destructive path across the globe. Aside from confining its infected members to that region of the world---the Middle East---where the disease is most prevalent, I don't know what other measures will actually control this epidemic of religion-induced hatred. But it has become increasingly clear that adherents of Islam are a danger to the rest of us and that unless such containment of the infected populations is put in place---as in the form of giant leper colonies---it will continue to spread its destructive violence to every society on the planet.

DANIEL REDMOND

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1Words Mean Something [25 words]Doug DebberOct 2, 2012 00:14199360
The motive is clear [113 words]foshJan 8, 2010 11:30167036
1IF IT QUACKS LIKE A DUCK, IT'S A DUCK [382 words]DANIEL REDMONDJan 2, 2010 11:10166720
Forgive your enemies. [93 words]MarkJan 9, 2010 08:58166720
RESPONSE TO 'MARK' FROM THE U.S.A. [214 words]DANIEL REDMONDJan 14, 2010 20:18166720
The aim of islamic terrorism IS TO BE Foggy. [311 words]Gordon WeareDec 27, 2009 19:21166339
John [55 words]BertE.Dec 19, 2009 10:33166013
J.A. Mohammed's motives were clear, he was fullfilling islamic jihad as written in the koran. [97 words]Phil GrendDec 15, 2009 21:36165913
1Released from Prison [61 words]Concerned CitizenDec 11, 2009 17:58165685
Danger living amongst us [73 words]Concerned Citizen (again)Jul 21, 2010 18:23165685
Real Muslim? [52 words]Peter HerzNov 22, 2009 09:22164889
Any More Updates thru 2008? [377 words]Len PorochniaJun 27, 2008 23:14133634
Islamic terrorism [203 words]MUSLIMK***Dec 10, 2009 08:16133634

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