If they pass the 'cricket test', how do we stop the suicide bombers? [MUST READ]

The Telegraph ^ | July 17, 2005 | Niall Ferguson

[AntiGuv]

The saloon bar response - "Send them back and the seal the borders" - is not merely impractical; it completely misses the point.

I guess the point isn't: What would work?

[BigFinn]

This may be a bit cheeky... but forced estrogen therapy might be a good idea for any Islamic male over the age of 16.

[Fred Nerks]

And if one day, some outraged Briton takes a high powered rifle into Parliament I won't be surprised, not one bit. It's politics and politicians who must answer for this. The consequences of social engineering are always mass death. The pollies sold their soul for votes, they sold their citizens heritage no less!

[pgobrien]

Nice.

[AntiGuv]

Well, this one seems to be doing a great job of adopting American values:

A young Muslim man, who refused to give his name, shows his feelings toward the media outside the Federal Court House in Buffalo, New York September 18, 2002 where he sat to show his support for the six local suspected al-Qaida supporters who appeared inside the court, September 18, 2002. The six men have been charged with providing material support to al Qaeda from nearby Lackwanna, New York. Reuters/Mark Dye

[Travis McGee]

MEIN KAMPF = MEIN KORAN

ALLAHU AKBAR! = HEIL HITLER!

[Travis McGee]

"He now looks like the proof that no amount of economic, educational and recreational opportunity can prevent the son of a Muslim immigrant from being converted into a religious fanatic and a terrorist.

[Cvengr]

I thought John Wayne first told Red Buttons about the cricket test in The Longest Day....

[America's Resolve]

It sounds to me like this perfesser's only solution is to leave it up to local "moderate" muslims to deal with the problem.

That's worse than allowing the politicians to resolve it and look at what a mess they've made of it.

The basic problem here is one of subtrefuge.

The perfesser says that it's not a solution to restrict immigration, much less try and deport those still here.

The problem is with someone like this Mohammed Boyeri who killed Van Gogh. Up until a year before the actual murder, he was this happy-go-lucky dutch kid, dressed western, was working on a good mastery of the language, was integrating with the customs and culture.

Then *BOOM*, his mom dies and he blames it on Western society and technology because they couldn't save her. He starts going to mosque, wearing those funny Islamic costumes and starts beheading people.

The problem is telling when they're going to flip like that and Europe is awash with about 8 million people like this that could flip in a second for any reason that happens to strike them.

That's an unsolvable problem.

[ClaireSolt]

They need a babies for bombers program in Britain. For every one of thee fanatics that is jailed or deported there should be a British baby born.

[Travis McGee]

But more of Muhammed's monsters are being born.

[Travis McGee]

Whoops. This kind.

"Preview is your friend"

[dalereed]

Make all Muslims go naked.

[mylife]

And if one day, some outraged Briton takes a high powered rifle into Parliament I won't be surprised, not one bit.

Id be suprised as theyve all been disarmed

[Peace will be here soon]

"West European societies have emancipated women, allowing them to work and to limit family size."

I guess author forgot about abortion. That definitely limits family size.

[TAquinas]

Send them back and the seal the borders.

[gitmo]

He went on to say that it was legitimate for al-Qaeda to target civilians because "the term 'civilians' does not exist in Islamic religious law in the modern Western sense. People are either of Dar al-Harb [the domain of war, meaning territory ruled by non-Muslims] or not."

Oh, well why didn't they say so?

[McGavin999]

That's an unsolvable problem.

No, it's not an unsolvable problem. If our media reported the truth instead of distorting every story out of the middle east to suit their agenda, these people would know that we're actually trying to do some good in the GWOT. We are not surpressing Muslims, we are not deliberatly slaughtering their fellow Muslims, as a matter of fact, it's their fellow Muslims who are slaughtering their fellow Muslims and we're over there trying to stop them.

Instead, we are painted as the bad guy, they're being told by their fanatic Imams that we're over there to steal their oil, and they belive it because they read the same thing in the British and American papers and see it for themselves on both Al Jazeera and CNN.

[grey_whiskers]

I thought John Wayne first told Red Buttons about the cricket test in The Longest Day....

I don't understand. . . I heard TWO CLICKS!