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Winston Churchill on Islam
The River War
| 1899
| Sir Winston Churchill
Posted on 03/07/2006 6:30:18 PM PST by southernnorthcarolina
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I'm quite sure I've never posted a 107 year old excerpt on this forum. But in light of recent events, including the Chapel Hill terrorist incident last Friday, Churchill's take remains amazingly timely.
To: southernnorthcarolina
Looks like Winnie had Islam sussed a long time ago.
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:31:48 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: southernnorthcarolina
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.Well stated!
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:33:14 PM PST
by
capt. norm
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To: southernnorthcarolina
Too bad Muslims will be the majority in England by 2010!
They're already the majority in Leeds, Bristol, Manchester and two other cities in Churchill's beloved homeland.
To: southernnorthcarolina
Churchill was not even 25 years of age when he wrote that.
Amazing.
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:36:49 PM PST
by
jdm
To: Rummyfan
Looks like Winnie had Islam sussed a long time ago.Interesting, too, that Winston was 24 years old when he wrote this. I'm pretty sure I wasn't that wise at 24. Oh, wait, I'm still not.
To: jdm
To: jdm
Churchill was not even 25 years of age when he wrote that. Amazing. Truly. He would've been a helluva Freeper.
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:38:35 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: GreatWhiteLionSnake
Too bad Muslims will be the majority in England by 2010!
With England's nuclear arsenal.
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:40:07 PM PST
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Also came across this quote from Churchill on Islam:
As the horn is to the rhinoceros and the stinger is to the wasp, so the Mohammedan faith is to the Arabs.
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:41:30 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: southernnorthcarolina
By the way:
vo·ta·ry
n. pl. vo·ta·ries
1.a. A person bound by vows to live a life of religious worship or service.
b. A devout adherent of a cult or religion; a committed worshiper: the votaries of Aphrodite.
2. A person who is fervently devoted, as to a leader or ideal; a faithful follower.
3. A person who is filled with enthusiasm, as for a pursuit or hobby; an enthusiast.
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:42:49 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: GreatWhiteLionSnake
Too bad Muslims will be the majority in England by 2010! They're already the majority in Leeds, Bristol, Manchester and two other cities in Churchill's beloved homeland.
Frightening! Even more so if I lived in England. Will the Brits wake up? Is it too late already?
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:43:58 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: Mr. Mojo
I've read three of his books on WWII. Got to finish the set; my writing improves greatly after reading Churchill.
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:44:03 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
("Countdown" - A documentary about Keith Olbermann's dwindling IQ)
To: Loud Mime
How many books in the set?
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:46:47 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: southernnorthcarolina
The age is of little concern. The words ring true yet today reinforcing the text "He who fails to learn the lessons of history is fated to repeat it."
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:47:41 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: southernnorthcarolina
...OVER ISLAM!
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:52:03 PM PST
by
NewLand
(Posting against liberalism since the 20th century!)
To: southernnorthcarolina
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:55:06 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(“Don't approach a Bull from the front, a Horse from the rear, or a Fool from any side.”)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Edward Gibbon (of a much earlier age) was even less flattering:
His virtues, as well as the vices of Elagabalus, contracted a tincture of weakness and effeminacy from the soft climate of Syria, of which he was a native; though he blushed at his foreign origin, and listened with a vain complacency to the flattering genealogists, who derived his race from the ancient stock of Roman nobility.
To: NewLand
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:56:01 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( I love Scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Churchill was born in 1874. He must have written this in his early twenties.
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:58:54 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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