"A matter of respect." From Real Clear Politics via Roger Gardner of Radarsite

Roger Gardner of Radarsite passed away just a little
over two weeks ago. I posted a memorial in his honor
here on Patriot's Corner. Here is another article that
he did not write, but posetd on Radarsite back in 2007.


Respect has to earned. For me, you earn my
respect by showing me the following: honetsy,
integrity, respecting my opinion, my freedom
to voice it, even if we disagree. Your treat me
fairly and openly in business and personal
relationships. You listen to me and I will do
likewise. When problems arise as they always
do, we agree to solve them in a peaceful way
through open discourse, pathways to possible
solutions that will work for both all parties
concerned. I will respect your beliefs, religion
and ideology if you respect mine. That means
without forcing your beliefs upon me, my friends,
my country and telling me, us it is your way(Islam, Shariah law) or you will have to kill us, as instructed
by your holy book, the Koran. There is where we
have a problem, serious problems.


It is impossible for me and many others(our numbers
are growing, and fast) to respect Islam at all. The
number of heinious attacks committed under the
name of Islam since the 7th century is appalling.
Need a more current number? How about 14,618
acts of terror committed by Islamic terrorists since
September 11, 2001. Around the world over 95%
of all wars and conflicts are caused by the spread
of Islam. It is being spread through violence, death,
persecution, subjugation of women and minorities.
Through the use of Taqiya, which is the use of lies
and deceptions to spread Islam. Because of all of the
above(and there is alot more I could mention), we
cannot respect Islam or most Muslims. The violence
and militancy released upon the world through Islam
has perverted Islam's image so badly that the truth
will win out in the end. It may not be in my lifetime
but Islam will be defeated and kicked into the pits
of hell for all eternity. Much blood will be shed in
this escalating war, many lives will be lost. It will
be worth it because we do not have a choice but to
crush Islam. Once and for all. It is a matter of respect
and the Koran makes sure that respect will never be
given to us infidels, kaffirs as we are called. You
have underestimated us. That has been and will
always be your biggest error.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

A Matter of Respect

Published by Real Clear Politics - July 15, 2007

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Of all the negative characterizations that can be made of a person or a people, the worst is not necessarily that they are morally corrupt, or even that they are absolutely evil; one can be morally corrupt and absolutely evil yet still be powerful and respected. No, the worst fate of all is simply to be dismissed as irrelevant.

During the course of the last millennium, for whatever reasons, as the Western and the Far Eastern worlds progressed and their societies evolved and prospered, the Muslim world, in general, and the Middle East, in particular, stagnated and became increasingly irrelevant. Unfortunately, the considered Islamic response to this self-perceived inferiority was to become even more fanatical and intolerant in their religious zeal (Wahhabism), which of course only served to push them deeper into the backwaters of cultural and political irrelevancy -- "digging their way out of the well", as it has been so aptly put.

Then, with the advent of that much-maligned Twentieth-Century technology, soon they began to discover the undeniable efficacy of transatlantic terrorism.

In our present turbulent era, whatever else one may have to say about jihadist Islam, one can no longer call it irrelevant. And to a previously irrelevant people, the power of this nascent relevancy, even if it be an infamous relevancy, is enticing, perhaps even irresistible. Today, you may notice, when a Muslim speaks to an infidel about Islam you can catch a gleam of pride in his eye. He has become relevant again. We are learning how to pronounce his name and we are listening attentively to his views.

One can only hope that -- with a little courage and a lot of willpower on our part --this new found violent relevancy will be short-lived and soon find its way to that abandoned graveyard of mutant ideologies.

http://radarsite.blogspot.com/2007/07/matter-of-respect.html