There's no need to stretch ... Islam is not a religion - it is a cult. (Religions do not advocate the murder of innocents; cults do.) So you have no need to think well of Islam.
I agree with that statement completely...And Islam should not be treated as a viable religion... Pearl's death would have been quick and any pain would have ended quickly as well...The shock value for those of us learning about Pearl's Islamic murder, although shocking, does not create the intended effect... I assume the intended effect was to have all of us fear the bad muslims...No fear here...Just rage...
And since Islam is no more than a murderous cult, and since I am against nuclear war if at all possible, I can envision hundreds of napalm bombs being dropped on Islam mosques all over the middle and far east...
Perhaps the reason the media, as well as George Bush keep coddling or fondling the muslims in the U.S. is a fear that Americans will give these American(?) muslins an up close and personal message to take back to their homelands when they leave this country, voluntarily or not...