Enough apologies already! Grow up!!
Oh my God! The Washington Post has actually published an pro-Western, non-apologist, op-ed piece. Perhaps world peace can be achieved in our time! See it here:
Enough Apologies
If you don't have time, or are just too stunned, in the words of Inigo Montoya, let me 'splain. No, is too much, let me sum up.
Anne Applebaum regarding the recent papal apologies et al, says we need to stop. To whit:
...since nothing the pope has ever said comes even close to matching the vitriol, extremism and hatred that pour out of the mouths of radical imams and fanatical clerics every day, all across Europe and the Muslim world, almost none of which ever provokes any Western response at all. And maybe it's time that it should: When Saudi Arabia publishes textbooks commanding good Wahhabi Muslims to "hate" Christians, Jews and non-Wahhabi Muslims, for example, why shouldn't the Vatican, the Southern Baptists, Britain's chief rabbi and the Council on American-Islamic Relations all condemn them -- simultaneously?....
Yours truly posted the following comment on Matt Rosenberg's blog:
and with that comment from Anne Applebaum, perhaps the apologist tide will begin to turn. I am sick unto death of the hand-wringing, the editorial stratigizing, the sheer whimpering of West every time some innocuous comment or miscontrued statement incites the Muslim world to riot, rampage and rhetoric, calling for doom, death and destruction to rain down on the indfidels of the West. Like a petulant child in public, they throw a tantrum for all to see and scream, "I hate you! I wish you were dead!" If adults permit these action, the child is encouraged to continue in this manner, eventually growing into a mal-adjusted,sociopathic adult. So here's an idea. Explain to the child that if their unacceptable actions continue, there will be consequences and then make sure those consequences are imposed. Enough is enough. If you are Muslim, repudiate these ill-behaved, petulant children. Prove you are members of a "religion of peace." We are watching. Don't force us to act.
Enough Apologies
If you don't have time, or are just too stunned, in the words of Inigo Montoya, let me 'splain. No, is too much, let me sum up.
Anne Applebaum regarding the recent papal apologies et al, says we need to stop. To whit:
...since nothing the pope has ever said comes even close to matching the vitriol, extremism and hatred that pour out of the mouths of radical imams and fanatical clerics every day, all across Europe and the Muslim world, almost none of which ever provokes any Western response at all. And maybe it's time that it should: When Saudi Arabia publishes textbooks commanding good Wahhabi Muslims to "hate" Christians, Jews and non-Wahhabi Muslims, for example, why shouldn't the Vatican, the Southern Baptists, Britain's chief rabbi and the Council on American-Islamic Relations all condemn them -- simultaneously?....
Yours truly posted the following comment on Matt Rosenberg's blog:
and with that comment from Anne Applebaum, perhaps the apologist tide will begin to turn. I am sick unto death of the hand-wringing, the editorial stratigizing, the sheer whimpering of West every time some innocuous comment or miscontrued statement incites the Muslim world to riot, rampage and rhetoric, calling for doom, death and destruction to rain down on the indfidels of the West. Like a petulant child in public, they throw a tantrum for all to see and scream, "I hate you! I wish you were dead!" If adults permit these action, the child is encouraged to continue in this manner, eventually growing into a mal-adjusted,sociopathic adult. So here's an idea. Explain to the child that if their unacceptable actions continue, there will be consequences and then make sure those consequences are imposed. Enough is enough. If you are Muslim, repudiate these ill-behaved, petulant children. Prove you are members of a "religion of peace." We are watching. Don't force us to act.
posted by Dalt Danyon at 8:33 PM
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