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The Peaceful Majority
I used to know a man whose family was German aristocracy prior to
World War Two. They owned a number of large industries and estates. I
asked him how many German people were true Nazis, and the answer he
gave has stuck with me and guided my attitude toward fanaticism ever
since.
"Very few people were true Nazis "he said," but many enjoyed the
return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one
of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the
majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it,
they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had
come. My family lost everything I ended up in a concentration camp and
the Allies destroyed my factories."
We are told again and again by "experts" and "talking heads" that
Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims
just want to live in peace.
Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely
irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and
meant to somehow diminish the specter of fanatics rampaging across the
globe in the name of Islam. The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at
this moment in history.
It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of
50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically
slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are
gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is
the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honor kill. It is the
fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who
zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and
homosexuals. The hard quantifiable fact is that the "peaceful majority"
is the "silent majority" and it is cowed and extraneous.
Communist Russia comprised Russians who just wanted to live in
peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of
about 20 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's
huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to
kill a staggering 70 million people.
The average Japanese individual prior to World War 2 was not a
warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across
South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic
murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel,
and bayonet. And, who can forget Rwanda , which collapsed into
butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were
"peace loving"?
History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all
our powers of reason we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of
points:
Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence.
Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up,
because like my friend from Germany , they will awake one day and find
that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.
Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs
Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many
others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until
it was too late.
As for us who watch it all unfold; we must pay attention to the only
group that counts; the fanatics who threaten our way of life.
Lastly: At the risk of offending someone, anyone who rejects
this as just another political rant, or doubts the seriousness of
this issue or just deletes it without sending it on, is part of the
problem. Lets quit laughing at and forwarding the
jokes and cartoons which denigrate and ridicule our leaders in this war
against terror. They are trying to protect the interests and well being
of the US and it's citizens. Best we support them.
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My thoughts:
While I agree with the rant, I disagree with its anonymity. How are people supposed to take this seriously, back it seriously, if the author doesn't believe in it enough to sign the statement?
Do you agree with the rant?
What are your thoughts on the numerous anonymous rants being forwarded around the web?
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It isn't anonymous. While it has underdone a certain amount of revision during its life as a chain email, the bulk was written originally for Frontpage Magazine by Debris Trail.
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That's what I've been saying for....well, for a long time.
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That e mail is scarey... because it is correct.
A pattern is repeating here, once again.. and on a more global scale this time.
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Quote:
the G-man said: It isn't anonymous. While it has underdone a certain amount of revision during its life as a chain email, the bulk was written originally for Frontpage Magazine by Debris Trail.
If that's the case, it would be nice if the person responsible for the e-mail would give credit to the author.
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Yeah, but let's face it: Things like this get circulated and recirculated in email all the time and things get cut and changed.
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