My friend and colleague, Debra Glazer, has sent a letter to the editor of the Orange County Register in reaction to the FBI press release regarding the attempted shipments of explosives from Yemen to two Chicago area synagogues.
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To the Editor
Orange County Register
"Today we learned that at east two suspicious parcels, originating in Yemen, were
addressed to synagogues or other Jewish institutions in the Chicago area.
And here is the resulting advice reportedly coming from the FBI’s Special Agent
Ross Rice: “ Since two of the suspicious packages that were intercepted were
addressed to religious institutions in Chicago, all churches, synagogues and
mosques in the Chicago area should be vigilant for any unsolicited or unexpected
packages, especially those originating from overseas locations.”
Once again, the FBI shows that it cannot distinguish between the perpetrator and
the victim. No news reports have stated that any mosque was targeted by these
suspicious parcels. Yet the FBI, in its mission to be politically correct,
sensitive and inclusive above all else, is leaving the erroneous impression that
the Yemeni terrorists may be targeting mosques. No, Mr. Ross, they were
targeting synagogues and Jewish institutions, not mosques. Why can’t you
publicly acknowledge that these Islamic terrorists obviously have a particular
hatred for Jews, so much so that they are trying to deliver bombs to synagogues
and other places where Jews gather?
And, since Pres.Obama plans to be in Chicago tomorrow, on the Jewish Sabbath,
why doesn’t he make a quick visit to one of the targeted Jewish institutions to
show solidarity? That is what a great leader would do. That is what many good
people did when black churches were firebombed in the South."
Debra Glazer
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Excellent point, Debra. The problem is that political correctness suppresses any discussion of perpetrators unless said perpetrators are white, Christian, Anglo-Saxon conservatives. If you read that announcement, you might conclude that any and all religious buildings were being threatened from "overseas", for example, Norway, Tahiti, Bolivia or South Korea.
Right.
Poppycock. There is a clear record in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, that al Qaeda and its affiliates indulge in bombings of Ammadiyah Muslim mosques, massacres of Sufi and Shia Muslim populations (including the Hazara in Afghanistan), etc. etc. etc.
ReplyDeleteOnly a perverse species of "political correctness" would inspire such a trite piece of parochial rhetoric, insisting that "I want MY religion to be the center of sympathy, not anyone else's."
Disgusting.
Siarlys,
ReplyDeleteSo sorry you are disgusted.
Miggie, you whining juvenile little brat, we all know who did it. Al Qaeda did it. Who do you think al Qaeda targets? Their enemies are legion, and include 90% of Islam. Now, your point was???????
ReplyDeleteGary, don't lie. You're not very good at it. You run numbers like that when you are rendered speechless by inconvenient facts you cannot refute, but cling to your burst of faux outrage like a security blanket.
Unfortunately, there is no security for the USA in clinging to your political fetishes.
That is definitely over the line.
ReplyDeleteGary, Miggie has been far more insulting and far over that line in the past. And don't get me started on Findalis. Yet, when anybody asks you to call them out on it, you give the "don't hide behind my dress" spiel.
Face it, it's okay to be over the line so long as somebody agrees with you.
Lance,
ReplyDeleteCalling somebody a whing juvenile brat is over the line. I got news for you. Miggie is older than all three of us. He speaks from a long life of experience.
My point is that he has gone far beyond that with his insults, and you're being obtuse by pretending otherwise.
ReplyDeleteMiggie is older than all three of us. He speaks from a long life of experience.
Could'a fooled me. Maybe he is smart about some things, but on this forum he has a simplistic black-and-white view of the world and is completely unable to see any point that doesn't go along with the bogus "liberal versus conservative" narrative.
What's worse, he can't stand being proven wrong, and when he is he resorts to name-calling. And let's also not forget his "links to nowhere" and his refusal to admit that particular dishonest tactic.
Gary, you said you were sorry. I know very well that you are not. The "lie" was no more, and no less, than that. Who was it who said "can't you take a joke?" Someone who writes here.
ReplyDeleteAs for Miggie, he's talking like a whining five year old jumping up and down on the playground, rather than like an adult who has a different way of looking at things.
My point was that you typically defend the Muslims. You recount the Muslim periods of supposedly benign rule over conquered people... Which was refuted. You were upset over some misdeeds of the Lod Israelies, according to the Economist.... while not commenting on the daily atrocities committed by Religion of Peace fundamentalists. Now you quibble about the complaint over the press coverage which falsely insinuates that several religious places were targeted when, in fact, there were only Jewish ones. The next logical step would be to suggest that it really not Muslims who did it. In fact, you were "disgusted" with Debra pointing out the singular nature of the targets.
ReplyDeleteI can explain my point. Frankly I have a hard time comprehending your points... It seems to always quibbles that attempt to defend the Muslims while paying particular attention to supposed Jewish misconduct.
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That's the lie??? Really, you make no sense whatsoever.
ReplyDelete"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand." - Bertrand Russell.
ReplyDelete"I do"- Bertrand Russell (4 times, in fact.)
ReplyDeleteWasn't he the one taking part in all those "international war crimes trials" held by activists against the US during Viet Nam?
I suggest you find someone else to quote.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." - Joseph Goebbels
ReplyDeleteIs this quote less true because a Nazi said it? Of course not. Just as what you said about Russell is irrelevant to the truth of his quote.
Lance,
ReplyDeleteYou are being downright silly. What is the Big Lie here? That I sarcastically told Siarlys, that I was "sorry" he was disgusted?
Did Bertrand Russell have any great quotes about mountains and molehills?
Gary, your award for "Most Missed Points of the Year" is in the mail.
ReplyDeleteThe point of the Goebbels quote was just to show that if something is true, it doesn't matter who says it.
Lance,
ReplyDeleteAt this point in the thread, do either of us even know about what is true and what is a lie.
Let's get back to the original post. What Debra said is, in my view, true.
"What is truth?" said Pontius Gary Pilate Fouse.
ReplyDeleteMiggie, I insist on examining the role of Islam in the world in all its fine details and nuances, all the many sects, all the many different ways that people who call themselves Muslim act toward other Muslims and their neighbors.
I also insist on examining Israel as a complex nation of rather diverse peoples, even if all of them do share a religion, well no, not all of them are Jews either... the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Then, you rant and rave about how I only say bad things about Israel (which is true if you ignore about 63% of what I said), and always defend "the Muslims," which is true if you ignore about half of what I say and lump the rest together, homogenizing distinct observations about fifty-eleven different KINDS of Muslims.
All this disturbs your digestion, because you want life to be a nice simple good guys - bad guys, cops and robbers movie. Well, it isn't.