Poll: Nearly half of all Americans support restricting rights of Muslim-Americans

WLBT ^ | December 17, 2004 | AP

[yonif]

ITHACA, N.Y. A nationwide poll finds nearly half of all Americans believe the U-S government should restrict the civil liberties of Muslim Americans.

The survey -- conducted this fall by Cornell University -- found that 44 percent favored at least some restrictions, while 48 percent said civil liberties shouldn't be restricted in any way.

Twenty-seven percent of the 715 respondents supported requiring all Muslim-Americans to register where they lived -- and 29 percent thought agents should infiltrate Muslim civic and volunteer groups.

The poll also found Republicans and people who described themselves as highly religious were more likely to support curtailing Muslims' civil liberties than Democrats or people who are less religious.

The executive director of the Muslim American Society says the news is disturbing, but not surprising.

[honest2God]

I dealt with Pakistan in another post. FAS is out of date anyway, try www.nti.org. Pakistan's nukes wouldn't be much use for terrorists, they are first-generation HEU devices-mostly. The threat comes from former Soviet stockpiles, not really Pakistans.

[ntnychik]

The executive director of the Muslim American Society says the news is disturbing, but not surprising.

Is this the same Muslim American Society that Hillary claimed was really Museum American Society, in order to keep their campaign contributions?

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

Posted by ladyjane:
"...You are not the only one having that same (Muslim cold shoulder) experience..."

The most peculiar thing is that these suddenly closed-rank Muslims have been trusted for YEARS. I find myself apprehensive to share potentially-sensitive information with them based on their disconcerting changes and recent nasty attitudes.

Here is an example:
It is no secret that I am a firearms enthusiast. Coworkers have gone shooting with me and became enthusiasts themselves. Well, one of my recent-isolationist-behavior Muslim acquaintances asked me for "tips" that I use to hide firearms around the house. I couldn't believe my ears!

Am I being hypersensitive to believe he may be casing my home as a source of guns to steal? The question was out of left field. I responded that my firearms are stored in a safe, in a locked interior room, with a comprehensive alarm system, all protected by my 85 lb. dog. Some of these facts are true, others aren't. I wasn't going to give an honest answer due to the increasingly anti-social and bizarre behavior I've experienced from my Muslim workmates.

I shake my head ruefully because I've worked shoulder-to-shoulder with these people for so long. They seem prepared to absolutely throw this respectful relationship out the window on a moment's notice...but I suppose that is how domestic terror cells (e.g. Lackawanna, NY) operate. I haven't done anything to "let on to them" that I've grown distrustful, but I'm keeping notes with regard to suspicious behavior.

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~ Blue Jays ~

[fso301]

bump

[GeekDejure]

ANOTHER Islamonoob! Somebody slam down the manhole cover!
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To the contrary... I will scout the neighborhoods which surround
Islamofascist mosques, specifically looking for manhole covers.
Whenever I locate a manhole I make special note of same in my
"Devious Destruction" notebook, and then go home to prepare
for the next day's strike !!!

The following morning I will arise at 4:00 AM, then ingest 6 1/2
pounds of warm baked beans and 1 bottle of beer. Then I return
to the manhole cover location !!!

At 6:00 AM, when that sickening arabic screeeeeching begins to
emanate from the mosque minaret, I remove the cover from the
manhole, then squat down over the open hole and gleefully blast
f@rt after f@rt into the open sewer hole !!!

Within mere seconds, the screeeeeching suddenly stops, as the
screecher is forcefully blown from the top of the mosque tower.
A few seconds later the entire tower collapses via 9/11 revenge
action in cadence with the huge BOOM that resounds from area
where the minaret once stood !!!

Satisfied with the successful morning attack, I drive home and
have another beer... proud to be an Infidel... and prouder still to
be a successful "SEWERSIDE BOOMER" !!!

Hey... don't knock it... at least it's a stinky start, eh? !!! ;-))

[FreedomCalls]

https://tips.fbi.gov/

[papertyger]

As a co-worker once said to me in a similar situation..."I wouldn't trust him on my airplane."

[Blue Jays]

Hi FreedomCalls-

Thanks for the FBI tips site. Unfortunately, I don't have anything aside from anti-social behavior that started (without cause) approximately eighteen months ago.

My ears and eyes are perked open because I don't have explanations. Discussing their changes with them would be fruitless at this point because it's not just me at work...it's ALL of the non-Muslim teammates. As an aside, these Muslims represent about four people in a facility with nearly one hundred fifty staff. Thanks again.

~ Blue Jays ~

[papertyger]

I haven't done anything to "let on to them" that I've grown distrustful, but I'm keeping notes with regard to suspicious behavior.

Don't count on that. Your response sounds like a female voice on the answering machine saying "WE'RE not home right now..."

[broadsword]

but what the h*ll is he saying..?

God only knows!

[Blue Jays]

Hi Papertyger-

"...Don't count on that..."

Point taken. Well, I comport myself the same as always, as far as I can tell. We still engage in innocuous smalltalk and include these guys with any and all business discussions in which they should be involved.

I guess that I'm trying to follow in the footsteps of actor James Woods by remaining vigilant and helpful while at the same time not being a bothersome jerk.

~ Blue Jays ~

[lainde]

bttt

[broadsword]

These guys are funny that way ~ more like your great grandparents than modern Americans for the most part.

Ha, ha, ha! Ho, ho, ho! Hee, hee, hee! Gosh! Primitive, stinking misogyny is sooooooo funny... NOT! And I seriously doubt that ariamne's grandparents were like that.

[FreedomCalls]

I'd tip it anyway. Let them decide. Tell them of the queries about your security set-up for your weapons and the anti-social behavior you've noticed. I think that's enough to go on.

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You sick, twisted, demented person....hey, sounds like a good plan to me. I'll volunteer my hubby and my two sons in the endeavor, heavens knows they have plenty of gas to help the plan along.

[broadsword]

While this rubbish is being shouted by the imams there's no way the islamic community is going to assimmilate. Not anywhere on earth.

The "holy" Koran forbids assimilation. It demands that you submit or die.

[broadsword]

Um, no, Muslims declared war on non-Muslims a little over 1300 years ago.

We have a winner, folks!

[broadsword]

...it is apparently you who are ignorant of history

Your gratuitous assertion.

America where even the history of Orthodox Church is little known, and the separated churches of the East, the Monophysites and the Nestorians are remembered if at all only as vague names of obscure doctrinal tendancies.

1. What does that have to do with anything?
2. I apologize for America's apparent lack of concern for the legends of failed empires.

Yes the Mongols are now overwhelmingly Buddhist, but the post you were replying to was a review of history. A fair portion of the Mongols in the time of Genghis Khan and his immediate successors were Nestorian Christians

Interesting vague assertion, but what, exactly, is "a fair portion".

Although Kublai Khan was himself a Buddhist, one of his wives was a Christian, and he sent a Christian monk to Europe in an unsuccessful attempt to secure an alliance against the Muslims.

ROTFLMAO! I guess that proves that the Mongols were Christians in some majority. You're killing me, man!

China had thriving Nestorian monasteries for centuries until, I forget which Emperor launched a persecution which forced conversion to Buddhism.

Another vague non sequitur. Mongols were not Chinese. They conquered China and formed the Yuan Dynasty, but were overthrown by the Ming. They were never accepted by the Chinese, so what does it matter that there were a few Christian monasteries in China. What good does it do for you to know little snippets of history if you lack the necessary cognitive skills to make any sense of them. And while you are at talking down to folks from your feigned educational superiority, you might learn to spell. It could help the illusion, but your posts might not be so funny.

[broadsword]

No thanks. You have jumped in to distract the thread far enough. I am done with you. You can go now.

[broadsword]

LOL! Excellent procedure!