Chestlessness -

DavidWarrenOnline via Western Standard - Canada ^ | August 30, 2006 | David Warren

[VOA]

Well, here's the tale of a man who did not suffer from the "chestless" trait:

Moments of Truth
Fabrizio Quattrocchi lived fully — to his last moment.
http://www.nationalreview.com/robbins/robbins200404260831.asp



Quattrocchi’s Killers
We are dealing with a truly international terror network.
http://www.nationalreview.com/ledeen/ledeen200406010827.asp



Quattrocchi's Killers: We are dealing with a truly international terror network
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michael/ledeen060204.asp


Fabrizio Quattrocchi Awarded Medaglia d'Oro
http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/008328.php

[roaddog727]

Chestless cowards.

[nmh]

Well, the two fox news people proved this true:

"They made it to show the whole Muslim world, via satellite television, what wimps these Westerners are. That they’ll do anything at all to save their lives, that they don’t think twice about it."

[proudofthesouth]

Good post!

[Buck W.]

I believe the author is wrong. I hold no animosity toward anyone who "converts" under coercion, because such conversions will be viewed as phony by the TV audience, despite the intentions of the captors.

[MadelineZapeezda]

More uproar was heard when Ann Coulter lamented about converting countries to Christianity than these two being converted to Islam at gunpoint! Go figure!!!!

[goldstategop]

I know I will prefer an honorable death to a life without meaning. I at least still have a chest. As human beings, we're afraid of death but sometimes we have to overcome it to stand up for our faith in God and our honor. Those are two things that make life worth living. In my eyes, without them - a man is nothing. He might as well be among the walking dead.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )

[nmh]

I remember this gentleman:

"He stood and tried to pull off the hood, shouting, "Now I'll show you how an Italian dies!" The terrorists shot him in the back of the neck. Al Jazeera, which obtained the videotape of the killing, chose not to air it, saying it was "too gruesome." Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said, Fabrizio "died a hero." "

"Too gruesome" ? LOL! This was a VERY BRAVE MAN.

They don't want you to see that. They want you to see people cowering and giving in like the FOX journalists.

[nuconvert]

"They made it to show the whole Muslim world, via satellite television, what wimps these Westerners are. That they’ll do anything at all to save their lives, that they don’t think twice about it. That is the substance of most Islamo-fascist propaganda: that the West consists of straw men, of men without chests, of men easily pushed over."

He and Mark Steyn are on the same page...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694764/posts

[dirtboy]

You know what? Islam has no qualms about lying to us. This is war, and westerners should have no qualms lying to those bastards.

[dirtboy]

No, Steyn is NOT on the same page. He was commenting about how much of the rest of the MSM is colluding with the Islamists:

The larger problem, it seems to me, is that much of the rest of the Western media have also converted to Islam, and there seems to be no way to get them to convert back to journalism.

[Howlin]

Bump to that.

[metesky]

They will not be viewed as phony by their intended audience, the Mooseslimes.

[nmh]

If everyone thought that way we wouldn't have martyrs such as written of in Foxes Little Book of Martyrs. When you defend you beliefs to the death and don't roll over, people are inspired and the person obviously does believe. They stand on belief/principle whereas the FOX journalists stand for nothing.

[goldstategop]

That's not the point. If you were threatened by imminent death, would you surrender all your beliefs, your human dignity and and your honor in the hope your captors will allow you to live? That my friend is NOT life - that is slavery, where another human being owns you. It is a kind of living death. Patrick Henry had a point where he spoke for the early American revolutionaries: "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death." Some things are worth dying for. But we live in a time, thanks to liberalism, where literally nothing is worth dying for and our enemies reveal the contempt they have for our lack of self-respect. Chestlessness indeed.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )

[Howlin]

This is war, and westerners should have no qualms lying to those bastards.

Amen to that!

From what I have read, Ulaf (?) practically forced Steve to say he converted because, unknown to Steve, the captors had told Ulaf they planned on killing Steve.

[Howlin]

They will not be viewed as phony by their intended audience, the Mooseslimes.

Since when did any of us care what they think?

[wideminded]

The behavior of the journalists was not a landmark in bravery, but I wonder what advice Warren would give his own sons if they were in the same situation.

[balls]

Chestless cowards? I disagree. Just imagine how much more peaceful the world would be if nobody was willing to die for religious beliefs.