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Four Points to Ponder

Point #1. I'd like to point out something about the Danish flag that the Islamic world has suddenly found so popular to burn.

That white thing in the middle is a cross, the emblem and representation of a major religion in the world, that being Christianity. Yet, within Islamic countries those who practice this religion are routinely subject to persecution by the state and the religion therein. Churches and other places of Christian worship are forbidden within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and those who preach Christianty in Saudi Arabia are subject to summary execution. Those who are not Muslim are not allowed into the City of Mecca, and if they are discovered illegally entering into the city, they are executed for this crime. Anyone of any religion who is found by the religious leaders of Saudi Arabia to have taken part in any act remotely similar to burning a flag with an islamic symbol on it will also be executed for the crime.

Yet when you burn the symbol of their country that contains an emblem of their religion, The Danes will simply ask you to not litter and to get a permit for your protests.

Who is the 'Religion of Peace' again?

For a great ( and very long )story on the history behind the Danish Flag the "Stutflag" or the " Dannebrog", click here.

Point #2. Is it possible that the protests have nothing to do with "cartoons" but everything to do with Iran getting sent to the Security Council? These cartoons were 6 months old, all of a sudden, just this week, it suddenly becomes such an issue that has resulted in death and distruction around the world.

In my opinion, these protests are nothing but a loaded gun that has been laid on the table of every European Government and the mesage is clear:

"Back off Iran, or we will set your cities aflame".

These protests are angry and they are aimed not at generating sympathy or seeking redress from the population at large for a "wrong that must be righted", that is not the message on those placards.

They want blood. They want to be clear to anyone watching that they are dangerous, for that is their clearly stated message. You dont words like "Slay", Butcher" and "exterminate" if your interested in changing government policy. The use of violent public protest is on a par with the suicide bomber, its a weapon we havent quite figured out how to fight, and the Islamists know this. We assign automatic virtue to any protest and the Islamists also know this.

In my opinion, this is no more about "Blasphemous Cartoons" than the reichstag fire was about the German Communist Party.

I'll say this for the Persians, they play a mean game of chess. I just hope we arent playing checkers here.

Point #3. Why, out of all countries in the European Union pick on Denmark? Is it possibly because of "the Jews" once again?

During World War II, Denmark was forced to capitulate to the Nazis but while many other countries cooperated with the Nazis in deportation of their Jewish populations, the Danes managed at great risk to themselves to hide their Jewish population from the Nazis. As many as 8,000 Danish Jews were sent through the "underground railroad" to neutral Sweden, in an unprecedented act of civil disobedience against the Third Reich.

What is it about the tolerance and acceptance of others different than ourselves that makes the fanatic so angry and flled with hate?

Are these acts of violence by Fascist Islam simply a way to remove one of the Nations of Europe who, through their acts in the past, have shown that they will not accept the rules that the tyrants now wish to set?

Few countries in world history have shown themselves to be as tolerant and accepting of outsiders as the Danes, yet the Danes did not give in to the Nazis. In the mind of the fanatic, this cannot be tolerated. If you wish to take over Europe, this culture and this idea must be the first thing to go. If Denmark cannot stand against the Islamists, then can we expect other far more anti-semitic nations in Europe to stand in opposition to the Islamists desires?

Point #4. What next? This time its supposedly a protest against cartoons that they have interpreted as "blasphemous". So what will it be next time? The serving of alcohol? Pork? uncovered women? Will those of us who are critical of Saudi Arabia or Iran be silenced by the claxon call of "blasphemy" that is now being rung like a firebell by the Islamists? If they do this over a cartoon, what will they do when they read "Little Green Footballs"? If Google will block certain words for access to Chinas market, what will Google agree to do for Islam?

Again I ask, how far will it go?

I like what we have here in the decadent West. I like church picnics and I like topless beaches even though they almost never occur at the same time. I like San Francisco and I like Salt Lake City. I like baby back ribs, I also like a good salad. I like an Ice Cold Beer when its 110 degrees and deep dark hot coffee when its 20 below. I like the scent of cocoa butter when it mixes in with the scent of barbequed hot dogs and spilled cherry Slurpees as it all cooks together in mixed company at the public pool on a Sunday in mid July. I like Ray Charles, I like Johnny Cash, I like U2, Elvis (Costello that is),Pink Floyd and I get weepy over Beethoven. I like a written constitution so small it fits in my pocket and says in rule #1 that I can say anything I damn well please and rule #2 says I can carry a gun to back it up. I like a country that routinely treats the violation of traffic laws and housing easements as a matter of personal pride. I like a country where just about anyone and everyone can decry the goverment, and instead of going to prison or fearing for their lives, they get a job on "Air America". I like the fact that I live in country where the "B" team players all work in government jobs, while the "best and brightest" go out and work in the real world and the average working guy in the factories are busy outperforming the Japanese and if you really screw up, you start a company of your own. I like the fact that our current biggest company comes not from New York, but Arkansas. I like people who are free to find their own religion and then do so over and over again, I also like people who find they dont want to be a part of any religion at all. I like the idea that my daughter is a full member of modern life and society, capable of holding the highest honors in the land. I like the fact that she's also free to give it all up and go paint seascapes if she so chooses. I like being insulted. I like insulting people. I like to be surrounded by people who think for themselves even though most of the time, I think that most people really are idiots.

In short, I like being free and intend to stay that way. It's taken us in the west 2000 years to get this particular mix of cultural flavors cooking in the crock pot that is the modern world. Its taken a lot of sacrifice, a lot of loss, and a lot of work to get it this way. It didnt happen by accident. It would be a shame to give it all up because of the death threats and extortion-like actions of a small group of illiterate inbred hillbilly thugs who havent picked up a desk calendar, a bar of soap or a new idea since 900 AD.

I'm not willing to give any that stuff of up just because some jackass gets a few of his pals together and decides to torch my countries embassy, boycott my countries goods and services, turns off the oil or burns my countries flag or its leaders in effigy. They may even goes so far as to try to kill me or anyone else they can (including themselves) to get us all to change our minds and see their side of things. But even if we were to decide that the "cartoon blasphemy" must stop, we also know it wont end there. This is not about cartoons, its about control. If we give Fascist Islam the right to tell us what we can or cannot do in our countries, then how far will it eventually go? What will we say next time? And sure as their is Sudetenland before a Poland, there is always a next time.

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