Posted by
Frigglesnitz on Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:50:48 PM
All those words have cropped up like dandelions in a previously almost-weed-free lawn. Some of the definitions were known; most were not. I would prefer never to have seen any of the words or to have known any of their definitions.
The words are, well, ugly.
Not all of my life has been spent as intolerant. Much of my life has been lived with an attempt to learn tolerance. The remainder has been spent with the distinctly democratic, distinctly American attitude of laissez faire. Feel free to ignore me as long as I do not interfere with your life or the way you live it; I am free to ignore you as long as you do not interfere with my life or the way I live it.
On September 11, 2001, Americans became brutally awakened to the fact that there were some very ugly, intolerant people in the world whose primary attitude is "My way or the highway" (in this case a highway straight to perdition).
I have long believed that wars are waged primarily over geography. I also believe that this particular spot of geography called the United States of America would not be a place where normal people would want to live if it were necessary to do so under the rule of "sharia."
Cavemen were thought to have disappeared from the earth millions of years ago.
Not so. Take a long, hard look at the jihadis.