Re: Iranian President calls for Israel's destruction

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 07:06:15 +0000 (UTC), moshes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx said:

>Andy Katz <amkatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> moshes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>Andy Katz <amkatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>> moshes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>But by showing such programs and quoting such "scriptures" the
>>>>>Arabsare _formenting_ hatred against us.
>>>>
>>>> Sure. It's there, and it's not going away. But Passion Plays
>>>> also contain incipient Judeophobia and gradually the effects
>>>> of them have lessened over the years.
>>>
>>>C'mon Andy. Passion Plays are once in how many years? We're
>>>talking of Arab propaganda, brainwashing their citizens on a
>>>_daily_ basis. And twice on Friday where they get an extra dose
>>>from their Imams in the mosque.
>>>
>>>Can you ever admit that evil exists?
>>
>> Of course I can, Moshe. And evil exists in the Muslim world aplenty.
>
>Oh Goody. Andy is willing to say there is evil aplenty in the Muslim
>world. But of course, he has to qualify it...

And the term "Muslim world" should be understood broadly. Consider
this:

A Year of Living Dangerously
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Remember Theo van Gogh, and shudder for the future.

BY FRANCIS FUKUYAMA
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST

One year ago today, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh had his throat
ritually slit by Mohamed Bouyeri, a Muslim born in Holland who spoke
fluent Dutch. This event has totally transformed Dutch politics,
leading to stepped-up police controls that have now virtually shut off
new immigration there. Together with the July 7 bombings in London
(also perpetrated by second generation Muslims who were British
citizens), this event should also change dramatically our view of the
nature of the threat from radical Islamism.

We have tended to see jihadist terrorism as something produced in
dysfunctional parts of the world, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan or the
Middle East, and exported to Western countries. Protecting ourselves
is a matter either of walling ourselves off, or, for the Bush
administration, going "over there" and trying to fix the problem at
its source by promoting democracy.

There is good reason for thinking, however, that a critical source of
contemporary radical Islamism lies not in the Middle East, but in
Western Europe. In addition to Bouyeri and the London bombers, the
March 11 Madrid bombers and ringleaders of the September 11 attacks
such as Mohamed Atta were radicalized in Europe. In the Netherlands,
where upwards of 6% of the population is Muslim, there is plenty of
radicalism despite the fact that Holland is both modern and
democratic. And there exists no option for walling the Netherlands off
from this problem.

Full article
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007491

Yisroel "Godwrestler Warriorson" Markov - Boston, MA Member
www.reason.com -- for unbiased analysis of the world DNRC
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