P spewed: "Look you pompous prig, try for once to write about something that you know about."

May I suggest the same?

P spewed:"Let me tell you what has been going on for quite a while, organized Islam has been hijacked by fanatics and segments have declared jihad on Western societies and consequently families and children. I know it's not PC and thereby offensive to loons like you to say this but it's factual."

The facts, and they are really not PC:

What has happened is that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has led to chaos in the Moslem world. The fundamental fact is that Israel has nuclear weapons. The leaders of all Islamic countries realize that attacking Israel would be suicide, but their peoples are outraged by this - the result is constant chaos, and it reflects itself as well in the religious sphere.

These folks aren't just attacking us for fun: there's a reason for it, and it is a good one - why do you ignore it? If someone tried to rob your house and injure your family, wouldn't you shoot them? Wouldn't you feel that would be just before the deity?

Or are you simply some muddled headed pacifist?

P wrote: "A small minority of Islamic clerics occasionally speak out against this but that's not the norm. Were Islam at large mounting a real, serious campaign to rid itself of the scourge of Islamists, the religion would not be subject to criticism. It has not."

Fundamentally, if there is an agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis then you can expect the clerics to change their calls for attacks on Israel and the US, Israel's biggest supporter. Hopefully the current cease fire will hold...

P wrote: "So, like the Catholic Church's abetting of child mosletation,..."

Thanks, I forgot to include that in my comparative religion note: "Christians establish schools for young boys, so they can sodomize them..."

P:"Islam is responsible for not reigning in its murderous behaviour. In many countries there are schools today teaching small children to hate the infidels and encouraging them to kill them. We have yet to put a stop to such schools (e.g. Saudi Arabia). In other Islamic societies, children are encouraged to become suicide bombers. After they do these suicide cult societies reward the families of the suicide murderers with substantial cash."

See comment on Israeli-Palestinian conflict above. No doubt Islam has become pretty warped, but you're ignoring the root cause, all the while demonizing YOUR "enemy" - excuse me if I simply stand up and tell you that I refuse to go along...

P: "You have obviously for various reasons chosen to rationalize these disgusting behaviours and have adopted the mindless "Islam is Love" mantra of Oprah and other such "intellectuals".

Actually, my understanding comes from watching Moslem friends suffer because of the bizarre changes which have taken place in Islam - None of which would have occured, had either Camp David or Oslo been implemented...

P:"Me, I'm not gonna rest while these murderers are still out there attempting to eradicate my family. "

Me, I'm not going to see US foreign policy hi-jacked by a bunch of Israeli-expansionists - as someone once put it, beware of foreign entanglements -

I'm not going to sit around while some try to ignore Israeli seizures of more land - and try to rationalize moving the US into backing this crime -

I'm going to support Bush Jr in his attempt to bring about an agreement, and in the meantime work against those who are trying to make this bad situation even worse... including those planning attack...

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