Islam is evil.
So is PC.

I agree, I cannot abide a religion that seeks to impose itself on others. You want to go around beating women and killing children, then do it on your own turf. That is the most egregious part of this..

You make the assumption that their audience is modern and rational, but that's not who ISIS is playing to with their butchery. Many Muslims still have a seventh century mindset, and to such persons, public torture and execution is normal, with some regarding it as a form of entertainment. The last public execution in the U.S. was in the 1930s, so even the Western mind isn't so far from the idea that it's OK to enact hideous punishment on the enemy. World domination is the stated goal of Islam. Some believe that can be accomplished without violence, just as believers of other faiths think everyone will adopt their brand of religion because of its superiority, but many Muslims see nothing wrong with violence as a means to achieve the goal. The killing will not stop in the Middle East if ISIS (Sunni extremists) or Iran (Shiite extremists) become dominant in the Islamic world.

I say the ISIS people are stupid, period. The beheadings are pretty gruesome and will just turn off people to their cause in time. Their group will just wither and die off on its own. We dont need to fight them unless they come here. Leave them alone in their homeland to duke it out amongst themselves. Once enough of them are dead, the fighting will stop

I dont like Bill Mayer except for his documentary
Religulous. It really showed all the religions for what they are- a collection of beliefs that substitute for facts.

I have kind of a visceral reaction to ISLAM. Its a fu&&^$ up religion based on nonsense. And the people who actually believe it are either ignorant or just plain stupid. Unfortunately, its the largest religion on the planet, and the rest of us are going to have to protect ourselves from it. Its a real shame they cant just leave us alone, but its just not going to happen. In the meantime, I will admit to just wanting to stay away from muslims- all of them. I think they are all bad, in that there is almost NO hue and cry among muslims about how this terrorism and jihad stuff should be condemned.

Interesting how the author slipped in the note re Muslim grievances - as if they are legitimate! They are merely fighting for power and religion.

woah, Chief -- reasonable words on huff-n-puff?
has this ever happened before? -- j
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We are not even close to what Islam is working toward.

If you want an idea of what Islam wants, you need to go back tot he dark ages during the Crusades, and THAT is what they want to take people back to.

Zen, I think he was trying to illustrate the fallacy of threats and violence as a solution to a problem, but yes, this is a defining characteristic of most, if not all religions. I also read one describing how Indias Hindus are starving their children, in that one of the better answers is to use eggs for protein, and they had a fit over the idea since they are supposedly vegetarians.Religion is one of the most abuse justifications for self destructive behavior I have ever seen.

Your quote seems to define a politician...

The argument here is that terrorism isn't practical. Yes, that is true. The irrational cannot be practical. Individual rights, though, not "group rights", "nation rights", etc. are the only solution to injustice. The individual is the smallest minority. I am afraid many cultures across the globe do not recognize this fact.

"There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice. But the man in the middle is the knave who blanks out the truth in order to pretend that no choice or values exist."
-- For the New Intellectual

I'm afraid the author get's it wrong. Religions of one brand or the other have been doing this since before the dawn of recorded history. And they won't stop as long as some humans believe in superstition and magic.