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Four Myths About Muslims
CNSNews.com ^ | June 13, 2002 | C.T. Rossi

Posted on 06/13/2002 6:21:55 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen

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1 posted on 06/13/2002 6:21:55 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
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To: Stand Watch Listen
This country needs another Senator McCarthy.
2 posted on 06/13/2002 6:26:44 AM PDT by rageaholic
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To: rageaholic
causuistries

Am I the only one zeroing out here on that word?

3 posted on 06/13/2002 6:39:49 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: Stand Watch Listen; Prodigal Daughter; Thinkin' Gal; Jeremiah Jr; Light Speed; dennisw; Yehuda...
Good article.  Thanks for posting it.  Here is another early warning:

Why America Has Already Lost the War by Moshe Feiglin

The politics of the middle way of compromise and tolerance will get the nation spewed out.  There really are polar opposites such as black/white, good/evil, high/low, truth/lies, murderers/victims.  Saying it isn't so and wanting peace and safety when there can be none won't work.  There is a time for love and a time for war.  Now is a time for being strong and resisting the onslaught of the Muslims who are sworn to kill all Jews, Christians and Americans. 

4 posted on 06/13/2002 6:48:17 AM PDT by 2sheep
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To: Stand Watch Listen
Bump!
5 posted on 06/13/2002 6:55:22 AM PDT by DoctorMichael
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To: Stand Watch Listen
"a liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel,"

I like it. It lampoons the left's self-image of being open-minded, while showing the uselessness of having no discretion. My sister, bless her, once said there is no absolute good and evil, it's all how we view it. That's a noble, utopian, dangerous idea. I asked her if she'd concede that Hitler was evil. "Only as we see it." she said, or something to that effect. You can imagine I avoid talking politics with her.

6 posted on 06/13/2002 6:56:44 AM PDT by TrappedInLiberalHell
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To: txculprit
Must have a bigger dictionary than I do.
7 posted on 06/13/2002 6:56:55 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Stand Watch Listen
This one's a keeper.
BOOKMARKED
BUMP
8 posted on 06/13/2002 7:03:45 AM PDT by ppaul
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To: ppaul
bump
9 posted on 06/13/2002 7:09:35 AM PDT by wita
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Must mean ~convictions~ or something.
10 posted on 06/13/2002 7:11:39 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: Stand Watch Listen
The myths need to be dispelled and the elephant in America's living room needs to be addressed for the sake of that rarest of post-modern commodities - the truth.

Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

11 posted on 06/13/2002 7:15:34 AM PDT by Palmetto
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To: Stand Watch Listen
This is all true and really goes to the heart of America's weaknesses. We have an exposed underbelly. I have the surefire solution to win the war on terror. Here it is:

Warn the terrorist nations that should the U.S. be attacked again, Mecca, Medina will be destroyed. Islam is a religion that is tied to places - take away these places and Islam is destroyed. What kind of God is Allah if he can't protect the holy places? A WEAK OR NONEXISTENT ONE!

This is the only thing that will get their attention. The risk of losing Islam is the only thing these people fear. We should issue this ultimatum immediately and stick to it! It is for our own self-defense! If we don't do it, we will not win this war. Kindler gentler wars are for idiots and cowards.

12 posted on 06/13/2002 7:15:45 AM PDT by exmarine
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To: txculprit;Eric in the Ozarks
Main Entry: ca·su·ist·ry

Pronunciation: 'kazh-w&-strE, 'ka-zh&-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ries
Date: 1725
1 : a resolving of specific cases of conscience, duty, or conduct through interpretation of ethical principles or religious doctrine
2 : specious argument : RATIONALIZATION

13 posted on 06/13/2002 7:18:10 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
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Myth #1: Terrorism is not about Islam.

Well, not all. I believe all those bombs and murders in England and Ireland were the work of Protestants and Catholics. And don't forget our home-grown Christian terrorists.

Myth #2: Profiling is an evil to be avoided at all costs.

We just have to tiptoe that fine line between due diligence and extra inspection based on a consistent (this is where the drug war lost it) set of known profiles, and treating an innocent citizen as if he were a criminal just because of ethnicity.

Myth #3: Part of the FBI's failure on September 11th was lack of Arab or Muslim agents.

Wrong target. I'd say it was a lack of Muslim CIA operatives. The cells were already formed to be set up in the U.S., so I doubt having more Muslim domestic agents would have done us much good. We needed to nail those suckers at the source.

Myth #4: We must ally the "moderate" Muslims.

Yes, we must. This is a basic fact. There's no way we can go to war with 1,000,000,000 Muslims and expect to win. We have to get the vast majority to live peacefully with us and help put pressure on those who won't.

14 posted on 06/13/2002 7:19:53 AM PDT by Quila
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To: txculprit; Eric in the Ozarks
causuistries

The author probably meant:  casuistries

Ca-su-ist-ry
Pronunciation: 'kazh-w&-strE,
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ries
Date: 1725
1:  a resolving of specific cases of conscience, duty, or conduct through interpretation of ethical principles or religious doctrine
2: specious argument : RATIONALIZATION

SOURCE:  Merriam-Webster OnLine



casuistry (kàzh´¡-î-strê) noun
plural casuiistries
1. Specious or excessively subtle reasoning intended to rationalize or mislead.
2. The determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general principles of ethics.
[From CASUIST.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from InfoSoft International, Inc. All rights reserved.


15 posted on 06/13/2002 7:20:40 AM PDT by 2sheep
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To: Eric in the Ozarks; txculprit
causuistry - holding simultaneously two views which mutually exclude one another. Moreover, seeing this action as perfectly normal.

Or so as I recall.

16 posted on 06/13/2002 7:21:09 AM PDT by Palmetto
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To: 2sheep
Boy, that Moshe Feiglin article was MUY DEPRESSING.
17 posted on 06/13/2002 7:23:41 AM PDT by Inkie
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To: txculprit
causuistries

I think it means BS.

18 posted on 06/13/2002 7:30:42 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: 2sheep; Eric in the Ozarks; txculprit
Further research shows the sheep's definition correct.
19 posted on 06/13/2002 7:30:52 AM PDT by Palmetto
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To: Stand Watch Listen
Radical Islam is an insane death cult, "moderate" Islam is its Trojan Horse in the West.
20 posted on 06/13/2002 7:33:43 AM PDT by Travis McGee
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