Really something the various constituencies within the Democratican party should keep in mind, as they assail the policies of the Bush Administration in taking the fight to the Islamofacists.
There is absolutely ZERO tolerance in the Islamic world for many of the behaviors that may be frowned upon, but grudgingly permitted, throughout most of “Western” culture. A surprising amount of the taboos that the Muslims abide by have to do with sexual shame, and almost an equal number have to do with diet. The habits taken for granted in most Western cultures (free intermingling of the two sexes, consumption of alcohol, body displays, flaunting of individual lifestyles, some kinds of conspicuous consumption), long considered to be “freedom”, are absolutely forbidden under Islamic rule, and the enforcement of these bans often results in removal of body parts to the point of total mutilation or death. Long imprisonment for even relatively small infractions is not out of the question. This is coupled with torture that would revolt even the most sadistic of Westerners. And WAY beyond anything the US has ever been accused of.
Great wealth, of course, is accorded some flexibility of these rules, but great wealth is not a common state for most individuals in the Islamic world, and most of that is held in tight check by the rules of inheritance and along family lines.
That is the ironic point to the dims' support of terrorists, hedonists, etc.: WHEN the towelheads take over, after they behead all the Christians, they will impose their Islamic law on the US - including San Francisco. That will be the one redeeming aspect of the loss of our country and way of life - that at least there will be a stop to the unchecked indecency that so permeates our country now. Unfortunately, that is the only positive aspect of the takeover - PLUS most of us will have been killed by then too.