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June 23, 2004
Beheading & cowards
Several thoughts:
1) Beheading is too nice a term. Murder is more appropriate. Why do the cowards that hide behind balaclavas and towels execute people as a political statement? I make political statements by putting stickers on my car and working for a particular cause or person.
I am angered by these killings. I can almost understand why these terrorists (the media should stop calling them militants, militants have a just cause) would kill Americans, but killing a South Korean man shows their inhumanity.
2) Why do you cowards hide your identities? Why do you use the masks and scarves? Are you so ashamed of Islam, so ashamed of your actions, so ashamed of what your friends and family would think of you that you have to hide behind a piece of cloth? Are you too afraid to publicly state your beliefs? Even the homicide bombers have more self respect than you. My cursory review of the Koran does not mention hiding, nor cowards. You are the most contemptible people on the face of the Earth. You are not following your religion, you are not fighting for a cause, and you are self absorbed, egotistical animals. You are not fit to clean the droppings from my cat's litter box. Disagree with me? come on over you spineless murderers.
3) If you are American hundreds of millions of people hate you simply because of where you were born. Hundreds of thousands wish you dead, and hundreds of these fine citizens of the world would kill you if they had an opportunity. How are you going to change your life? Me, I'm not making any changes. I'm still traveling and still working outside the US. If you want to kill me because of my heritage or beliefs feel free to try but I won't go quietly and I won't willfully submit. You have demonstrated your barbarism so I'll gladly bite off your nose and gouge out your eyes before I let you cut off my head.
4) Progressive, liberal? Think you have a better idea? Think we have any option but to aggressively combat terrorists and murders such as these- the same terrorists who killed thousands in New York?
5) I have Islamic friends and they are embarrassed by these events. One of my friends has even shaved off his beard and colored his hair blonde so as not to look Arabic. There are plenty of fine Muslims in the world, far more than the terrorists, homicide bombers and Arafat. It is incumbent on them to rein in their fellow Muslims. The longer this nonsense continues the less I think of their faith. If you want me to respect your faith, you need to control the extremists.
Posted by Matthew at June 23, 2004 08:05 AM
Comments
Your final comment on faith is interesting in relation to another discussion that touched on religion and morality. Judeo-Christian values may not have a lock on whats good and evil/right and wrong but in general I think its done more to improve the world than not.
Posted by: Greg at June 25, 2004 10:51 AM