Routine Evil

TCS Daily ^ | 6/21/2006 | Ralph Kinney Bennett

[Jane2005]

There was an awful inevitability to what happened to those two American soldiers.

Did anyone believe for one moment that they would be treated with respect according to the Geneva Convention?

Only the fact that these fanatics have been on the run prevented a more spectacular staging of their deaths.

[nmh]

Where are the HUMAN RIGHTS people on this OUTRAGE?

Pray for the families and loved ones of these brave soldiers.

[Dumpster Baby]

I would rather jump off a tall building than fall into the hands of third world savages.

[ConorMacNessa]

The visciousness and barbarity of this atrocity reinforces my belief that Radical Islam is inherently evil and must be eradicated.

[Tolik]

Ralph Kinney Bennett:

There was an awful inevitability to what happened to those two American soldiers.

Did anyone believe for one moment that they would be treated with respect according to the Geneva Convention?

Only the fact that these fanatics have been on the run prevented a more spectacular staging of their deaths.

This brutal murder brings revulsion but not surprise.

This is the routine evil of those worse than beasts.

This is the routine evil that beheaded Daniel Pearl, and Nick Berg; that left Van Gogh dead on a street in Holland.

This is the routine evil that still wraps itself in the garb of a religion while leaving young students bound and shot beside their bus and innocent women and children blown to bits in the market place.

The routine evil that draws comfort from the ignorant maunderings of a Murtha or a Sheehan; that somehow escapes the diligent moral radar of Human Rights Watch.

The routine evil that finds shelter in partisan "talking points" about the war and the shameless babble of armchair thumbsuckers about "reciprocity" with Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo.

The routine evil of men with a vision of a world of subjugated women and mindless children, ignorant of all but blood and suicide and revenge.

This is the routine evil that dreams of cyanide gas in subways and thirsts for a nuclear weapon.

This is the routine evil that some still think can be embraced into civility, "brought into government," tamed away from its loathsome imperatives.

This is the routine evil that will not be ignored and must be exterminated.

Nailed It!
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[thoughtomator]

This is the routine evil that will not be ignored and must be exterminated.

And the name of that evil is Islam.

[Tolik]

Can you please move this article into the news/editorial from the blogger section? It deserves wider access.

Thank you.

[Tolik]

Here is a brilliant comment from the discussion on the TCSDaily website (as is, with some typos that I will happily forgive):

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Name:	superheater
	Subject:	There is a Routine Stupidity
	Date/Time:	21 Jun 2006, 10:30 AM

There is an awful inevitability to the discussions of what happened to those two American soldiers.

Did anyone believe for one moment that we wouldn’t be considered guilty for infrequent and immaterial breaches of the most exacting interpretations of the Geneva Convention?

Only the fact that the stupidity has been prevented from keeping these fanatics have been on the run prevented a more spectacular staging of their deaths. This defense of brutal murder by the American Left brings revulsion but not surprise.

This is the routine stupidity of those worse than fools (Neville Chamberlain and Jimmy Carter). This is the routine stupidity that excuses the beheading of Daniel Pearl, and Nick Berg; that was silent when Van Gogh was left dead on a street in Holland.

This is the routine stupidity that still wraps itself in the garb of a legitimate political philosophy while excusing young students bound and shot beside their bus and innocent women and children blown to bits in the market place.

The routine stupidity that is the ignorant maunderings of a Murtha or a Sheehan; that somehow escapes the diligent moral radar of Human Rights Watch.

The routine stupidity that finds shelter in partisan "talking points" about the war and the shameless babble of armchair thumbsuckers about "reciprocity" with Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo.

The routine stupidity of those who defend men with a vision of a world of subjugated women and mindless children, ignorant of all but blood and suicide and revenge.

This is the routine stupidity that is ignorant of dreams of cyanide gas in subways and thirsts for a nuclear weapon.
This is the routine stupidity that some still think evil can be embraced into civility, "brought into government," tamed away from its loathsome imperatives.

This is the routine stupidity called “the left”, “progressives” or other things that must be ignored and must be exterminated or we will all perish.

[jazusamo]

This is the routine evil that will not be ignored and must be exterminated.

And those on the left who say turn the other cheek and the problem will go away should consider they will also be victims if we do not cut the head off the serpent.

Good piece, thanks for the post and the ping.

[Rummyfan]

This is the routine evil that will not be ignored and must be exterminated.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Articles that have to be excerpted can't be reposted on the existing thread.

[Tolik]

TCSDaily is not on the list and allows unexcerpted posting for what I am very grateful.

here is an updated list of the FR excerption rules: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1111944/posts

[bitt]

nailed it bump!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

My bad then.