[period end of story]

I come from a family of Mennonites on my father’s side, and while they/we are good people, they are usually pacifist in nature, and, yes, NAIVE.

[Irishguy]

why dont they just read the koran, its all there in black and white all you need to know...the beheading, the beating, the one world view...

[iowamark]

Do you think these people would have invited six SS scholars over in 1939.

(Answering my own question)

The answer is yes, they would have.

[monday]

“By no means do we want to minimize their concerns. Mennonites understand persecution.”

But they also believe it is their calling to build peace, he adds."

BS, Mennonites don’t have a clue about what it is to be persecuted. Their idea of persecution is when people look at them funny for wearing silly clothes. They ought to go to Iran if they want to discuss things with people who would happily show them what real persecution is.

“Maybe we are naive, but maybe things come from people who appear misguided or naive.”

Yeah, ignorance and stupidity. Mennonites would all be dead if they had to live in Muslim countries. They are too dumb to defend themselves.

[George W. Bush]

The Mennonites are sweet people but very misguided in this.

You don't dialog with Hitler, Stalin, Mao or their admirers from North Korea and Iran.

[hsalaw]

Mesbah-Yazdi is a strong advocate of the death penalty, public flogging and the use of suicide bombers against "enemies of Islam."

I'm not sure their proposed "dialog" with this guy would accomplish anything, unless accompanied by large caliber weapons.