Posted on 11/06/2009 9:42:02 PM PST by Ptarmigan
In light of the Fort Hood Massacre, you notice there are not much condemnation from Muslims, like right after 9/11. It was silence for the most part, with the exception of a few. On the other hand, there were lots of condemnation from Koreans right after the Virginia Tech Massacre. Quite a stark contrast right there. They were fears of backlash in both cases. By the way, I never encountered any backlash after Virginia Tech Massacre. South Korea apologized after Seung-Hui Cho massacred 32 people. Quite frankly, I thought that was a little over the top coming from a Korean myself because Cho lived in America and is part of the "1.5 Generation" and had not been in Korea for years. I was born in America, so I am not part of the "1.5 Generation". On the other hand, I have yet to hear any apology from the Middle East. Also, many Koreans felt guilty about what Cho did. Once again, I think that was over the top. I did not feel guilty what Cho did. Don't get me wrong, I really despise Cho as much as I despise the 9/11 Terrorists, Nidal Malik Hasan, Fred Phelps, and Casey Anthony. Clearly, Cho was screwed up in his head. He was up to no good and was ready to go off and did not matter if he was mute or in America or South Korea.
the infowarrior
Nor should you, nor should anyone but Cho. Because the Koreans and Korean-Americans (I prefer to just call you and them Americans, but whatever) aren't part of a culture that is incompatible with the values of this country and calls for this country's destruction.
No one asked CAIR and their crew to apologize for what happened, yet they always rush to the nearest reporter to whine about being victimized. Which only makes people like me think, "You must be pushing a mindset in your mosques that could lead to this thing, and are pre-emptively defending yourself."
South Korean-Americans don't apologize for the actions of someone who happens to share their ethnic background because that would be stupid. Muslims, though, seem to have reason to think they will be associated with these killers who share their IDEOLOGY...and they're right.
There is no Korean 'holy book' that required Cho to go kill non-Koreans. Cho was nuts. Mental illness is sad, and tragic. And what he did was horrible - and shattered many lives. But what he did was the work of one solitary, sick, individual.
Hasan Nadal, on the other hand, was just acting out what his 'holy book' tells him to do. The 9/11 Nineteen were just following their creed.
That is the problem.
The vast majority of muslims don't follow their book (thank God!) -- but how many are merely in 'hibernation' waiting for the slightest trigger to unleash the inner jihadist... We don't know - but we act as it is more important not to offend followers of Mohammed's evil little book - than to confront the truth...
Apologies from foreign leaders may not be necessary, but could we at least get an acknowledgment of what happened and why from our own president?
If you want to know what was in his head read his Book, READ THE BOOK! There are many good translations available. Moslems will uniformly declare to you that all translations of the Koran are merely unreliable “commentaries” or outright lies. There is a good reason they need to say that. Read the book.
I used to work with quite a few Koreans some years ago and most of them attended Korean Methodist or Korean Presbyterian churches and a few were Catholic. South Korea has a LOT of Christians. I greatly enjoyed their company. They were all deeply patriotic Americans, worked hard and made a point of assimilating. Pretty conservative by nature.
The same holds true for the NYC metro area.
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