HOSTAGES TO ISLAMIC TANTRUMS

Giving in to Islamic tantrums makes us all hostages

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For too long, radical Muslims have behaved like the spoiled children of the planet, throwing temper tantrums - violence and the threat thereof - to get their way. Any seasoned parent can tell you that giving in to tantrums only ensures more tantrums.

Better to teach the child restraint. Better to teach him to share. In radical Islam's case, to share the planet with those who are not of their ideology. To behave with tolerance if not acceptance.

I do not argue provocation for its own sake, which is why I disagreed with papers that reprinted the cartoons of the Prophet. There was no point to it; it was the journalistic equivalent of one school kid insulting another's mother.

This is different. Neuenfels uses provocative imagery to make a political point. Most of us would disagree with that point, but his right to make it should never be in question.

This is what the rest of the world must teach radical Islam, but we can't if we retreat in fear from our own principles. Yes, the danger is real. Offend the crazies and they will destroy property or take somebody hostage. But the alternative is worse. To give in is to destroy more than property.

And make hostages of us all.


The major failure of all of these pundits is their self censorship (fearing a head chop themselves) or just plain ignorance of islam...Neither of which bodes well for the West.


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