I get a bit annoyed with those who want us to conform to the Islamists twisted view of how things should be just so they might be less inclined to kill us. Notice I said less inclined because I would not bet on bending to their silliness doing much good.
These are the guys that do "pit inspections" to make sure men have shaved properly. Comply with one rule and they will come up with some other bit of nonsense.
Someone once compared it to being in an abusive relationship. They were pretty much dead on.
The main motivation for an abuser is control. They want to control everything around them. If those they want to control don't do exactly as they order then they must be punished or even killed. You can't do anything about this type of person except lock them up or kill them. There is no appeasing them in any lasting fashion.
And no, bombing Mecca will not do it. Because the problem is inside the minds of people who are able to rationalize anything
Turn the rock to dust and they will just claim that it is now spread over the whole world and that means that now the whole planet belongs to them.
Conforming hasn’t done the french much good, has it? We rest our case.