Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Meanwhile, Down In Rock Hill, South Carolina...

...the opinion page editor of the local MSM outlet tries to make a point about multiculturalism and tolerance by comparing Islamic terrorists to...wait for it...the Amish.

11 comments:

Butch Cassidy said...

My head just imploded from the vacuum created my the sudden rush of my I.Q. outward as I read this.

Butch Cassidy said...

See, I'm stupid now, by, not my. I even quickly proof-read that.

wally said...

No, Bob and Butch, the editorial writer was not comparing the Amish to Islamic terrorists. No one has ever advocated tolerance of terrorists. Looks like the I.Q. rush began some time before this column appeared, and took a significant portion of your sense of humor with it.

Bob said...

@wally: well, if we eliminate the word terrorists that you object to, we are left with Islam; and when you can show me the examples of the Amish stoning women for adultery, or hanging homosexuals, or murdering individuals who leave Amish society, or fighting wars of conquest, or mutilating thieves, or practicing female genital mutilation, or committing honor killings, I'll grant that the editorial writer had a valid point to make.

wally said...

Muslims who live among us do none of those things, and this column was clearly about how we respond to people who live among us. It's perfectly fair to argue against the writer's points; not so fair when you refashion his premise to fit your view of the MSM.

Bob said...

@wally: Muslims have, in fact, committed honor killings in the US. It's far more prevalent in the UK, where the percentage of Muslims in the population is higher than in the US. All of the practices I mentioned take place in Muslim parts of the world, and various Muslim leaders have said that they intend for Sharia to become the law of the land in the US when demographics permit it.

wally said...

Various people say various things all the time. Do you believe that Muslims are capable of establishing sharia here as the law of our land when "demographics permit", Bob? Do you really?

Bob said...

@wally: Already Europe is often derisively called Eurabia, and the capital of UK called Londonistan. Prominent UK leaders, up to and including the Archbishop of Canterbury have discussed allowing aspects of sharia to be made part of UK law.

Don't sneer at demographics, Walt. Not when California's population is now 37% Hispanic, and many of those disinclined to speak English. Once upon a time few or none questioned the inclusion of religious references on US coinage, or Christian prayers at government functions; changing demographics are causing them to fall into disuse and even disrepute. The history of the world is nothing but a compilation of changing demographics.

wally said...

I didn't sneer at demographics. If I sneered at all, it was at the notion that our form of government is so weak (and yes, I believe it's stronger than any European govt, so you can desist with the horror stories) that the law of the land will be overturned in favor of Sharia. And by the way, your claim that demographics are responsible for the decline of Christian influence in things governmental doesn't compute. The largest and fastest-growing minority is, if anything, more committed to Christianity than yer whites, among whom religiosity has been in decline for years. Do you just make this stuff up?

Bob said...

@wally: "The largest and fastest-growing minority is, if anything, more committed to Christianity than yer whites, among whom religiosity has been in decline for years."

You just proved my point. I wasn't referring to ethnic demographic in my point about US coinage, etc., I was referring to religious demographic, which, as you noted, has shifted significantly in the last 100 years. Thanks.

wally said...

Really, Bob? Your statement follows hard upon statistics about Hispanics and others who don't speak English, and you expect me to deduce that your statement is about the demographics of white Christians? By the way, and I say this as someone who has regularly dealt with such things in my line of work, demographics really doesn't include religious beliefs, or any beliefs, for that matter. Probably belongs under the heading of psychographics.

All that aside, enjoy your vacation!