Posted on 07/12/2005 9:13:05 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Queen Guitarist Brian May Asks For Reasoning Why Terrorists Hate West
Douglas Maher All Headline News Staff Reporter
July 12,2005 12:04 PM EST
London,UK (AHN)-Brian May,the guitarist for the legendary rock group Queen has made a comment regarding the recent terrorist attacks in London.
"I sense there is a mood of quiet resolve among the people I speak to. We are feeling that we must not go any further down the road of escalation...this is old stuff, but I personally feel that in the wake of 9/11 an opportunity was missed...to seek understanding rather than revenge." May told Launch Radio Networks on Monday.
"The Nelson Mandela way. I do not subscribe to this "War on Terrorism" slogan. I believe we have a need to secure a peaceful world for our children, and that it cannot be done by exerting our muscle internationally. It sure hasn't worked yet, has it?! It must be done by adjusting our behavior — we must stop playing 'Cowboys & Indians' - a self-damning phrase if ever there was one. I no longer believe we are the good guys. We must earn this view of ourselves, and start recognizing that there are other legitimate views of the world than ours."
May, an icon of sorts, did not stop there as he had plenty to offer in the way of words to the British government after the attacks that took place last week.
"So where do we go from here? Search everyone before they go on a bus? On a tube train? Walking down the street? This is the road to insanity...a climate of fear, which, sadly, the U.S.A. is already experiencing. It's time we attacked the cause rather than the symptoms. I want to see our politicians answer the question 'Why?' Why do people hate us this much? What can we do to change this? It's no use thinking we are dealing with a small bunch of maniacs, as seems to be the popular view, who need to be 'stamped out.'
"The reality is we are looking at a large number of entire countries of people to whom the American (and English) flag is a symbol of evil. Of selfishness and bullying imperialist aggression. This is what we must address. This is what we owe it to our children to do. In my opinion."
Queen has recently teamed up with former Bad Company vocalist Paul Rodgers to do a major tour of Europe and North America. Their latest round of UK shows were scrapped due to the terror attacks.
Brian, I want to ask you the same question, only don’t dig to hard or you may not like the answer.
It must be done by adjusting our behavior.
That’s all they are asking for Brian and you sound ready to comply. You will be spared once you convert to Islam and accept Sharia law, put your wife and daughter in a burka and agree to take up the jihad and kill the infidels.
Isn’t that easer than playing cowboys and Indians.
"Does he not realise that?"
No. That's what's so scary. People like him represent the evil west to these people and will be the first to be sent to the camps.
From Amir Taheri: But to the Islamist those Muslims who think like that are themselves regarded as lapsed, and deserving of death.
What is unclear is the number of such islamists. Whether it is a small or large bunch does not really change the argeument over which course to take does it? If it does, where is the break point?
"The reality is we are looking at a large number of entire countries of people to whom the American (and English) flag is a symbol of evil. Of selfishness and bullying imperialist aggression. This is what we must address. This is what we owe it to our children to do. In my opinion."
OK, so it is a large number who hate us. And our path should be?
But what if non-Muslims refuse to take the right path? Here answers diverge. Some believe that the answer is dialogue and argument until followers of the “abrogated faiths” recognise their error and agree to be saved by converting to Islam. This is the view of most of the imams preaching in the mosques in the West. But others, including Osama bin Laden, a disciple of al-Maudoodi, believe that the Western-dominated world is too mired in corruption to hear any argument, and must be shocked into conversion through spectacular ghazavat (raids) of the kind we saw in New York and Washington in 2001, in Madrid last year, and now in London.
So in the view of this musician we should respond to these shock raids and listen to the wisdom and sense of Islam?
That is exactly right. You can't reason with them; they want to either cut your head off or blow you into tiny bits. You can't reason with that - you just have to understand it and respond to them appropriately - i.e. - never give them the chance.
Is it me or was the left just wailing and moaning about Karl Rove's suggestion that one of their problems was that they thought the proper response to 9/11 was more understanding and therapy sessions?
They insisted that that most certainly wasn't their attitude. Who in the heck is Brian May to go and blow that farce of a criticism?
(Of course, that was several attacks on Rove ago.)
I wonder what Freddy Mercury would have said about this. Not only was he bisexual (and thus, deserving of stoning in the eyes of the annointed), but his family were Zorastarians who fled Zanzibar for England due to persecution from Muslims after it was granted independence.
May, incidentally, has bachelor degree in physics and mathematics, and was starting his Ph.d when he joined Queen. He apparently still likes to discuss astrophysics during British TV interviews
Does Brian think when the Nazis were blitzing London in 1940, the Brits really cared to understand why Hitler hated them so much?
Some people are beyond 'understanding' Brian. I for instance, will NEVER understand your haircut.
they only conveniently realize what fits their "me-too'ism" , so very pathetic , glad this POS wasn't invited to LiveAche , BTW , My Favorite Headache forgot the GAG ALERT in the headline
We know why. What does this putz not understand?? Centuries and centuries ago, Muslims were told to convert or kill. That's why.
"...I switched over to Airhead America and caught the end of some woman who said there was no way to stop a suicide bomber..."
Concealed carry permit could stop some wackos.
What an @sshole. I'm not a vengeful guy either but if this has been were to be snagged by Islam-O-fascists and get his better than thou, self righteous head lopped off, I'd laugh and laugh and laugh.
Can't we all get along??
They must've heard Queen's "Hot Space" album.
Easy on the ears.
Why do the media expect us to care what a flippin guitarist thinks about terror attacks? And if his office issues a press release, why doesn't the BBC or whoever send it back with a big "STOP BOTHERING US YOU TWIT" scrawled on it in crayon?
Libs have been saying this since 9/11. They've had four years, why are they still asking the same question instead of working on understanding?
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