I’ve posted next to nothing lately on the Israel/Hizbollah war, the Religion of Peace™, what Iran’s got planned (or not) for 8/22, the recent discovery of a wonderful new RoP plan to establish peace and justice in the world by blowing up airplanes, and a multitude of other issues related to recent events. Aside from the fact that I’ve been out of pocket a lot lately, I just haven’t had anything original to say. I’ve thought about posting, but when the gist of a post is just regurgitating what another blogger posted (Yeah! What HE said!), then why bother?
That said, if you haven’t read Ace’s post on “racial” profiling re: terror attacks – and I know that’s the commonly accepted term, but religion isn’t race any more than who you go to bed with is race – it’s worth reading.
Muslims will say, “Why should be inconvenienced or humiliated for the excesses of a few?”
And the rest of us say, “Why should we be inconvenienced or humiliated for the excesses of Muslims, when they seem to be active or passive supporters of the Muslim terrorists causing all of the problems?”
Well, yeah. I’ve posted before (1, 2, 3) on the idea of the 5% of the 5% who are jacking around the rest of the planet. It may not be “right” or “fair” that of a billion or so peaceful Muslims, a tiny percentage are killing thousands, costing billions, and ruining the reputation of all. But it is not more right or fair that all of us in civilized society bear the burden for that tiny percentage.
I’ve lived – back in my welfare days – in really bad neighborhoods. Combined efforts by good citizens in a poor neighborhood with a heavy drug trade could stop that drug trade and improve the lives of everyone. Neighborhood watch on steroids – everyone watch everything and report, report, report. Stand up to the criminals, and testify against them. Band together and throw the criminals out. Own the problem. Might you be murdered? Certainly. Wouldn’t it be better to be killed outright than to live in bondage to criminals? Yes, in my opinion. But this isn’t happening in a vacuum. It’s easier to take a passive voice, i.e. “someone should stop this crime problem” when the hard cold alternative is “I will report my own son for dealing drugs.” So we have a “stop snitching” culture where gangstas are neighborhood heroes to all but a few, and the problem persists and increases. The people who live in those neighborhoods have the information the police need, and they withhold it because their personal concerns are greater to them than the welfare of their community. So be it. The consequence of that decision is that their lifestyle sucks. That’s fair. That’s justice.
How is that different from what goes on in Muslim communities? When they see hateful literature published by our “allies” the Saudis in their mosques, when their Imam preaches terrorism, when their brother in law goes alone to Syria for a three month “vacation” – why do these elusive moderates not speak up? The same reasons that people in poor neighborhoods don’t. And, finally, hopefully, the same consequences.
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