tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post4075048282622952918..comments2024-01-26T03:40:32.465-05:00Comments on Breath of the Beast: The Terrorization of the DefenselessYaacov Ben Moshehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711165551258127500noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-9972413279299419082007-03-01T13:19:00.000-05:002007-03-01T13:19:00.000-05:00I have to agree with Anon, all of this--sexual abu...I have to agree with Anon, all of this--sexual abuse and beatings--was probably the norm everywhere, albeit unreported. That's not to excuse, however, the Arab countries' being 400 years behind the rest of civilization.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-29805018819758103062007-03-01T11:30:00.000-05:002007-03-01T11:30:00.000-05:00Come on now...There is a huge difference between a...Come on now...There is a huge difference between a father beating his son to teach him a lesson and a father SEXUALLY ABUSING a toddler. Did you read the article and click on the links? Why would you be minimizing this? You an apologist deep in denial if you can read this and think, "Oh this is just fathers beating sons- totally normal." It's about men RAPING children. That's what it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-20201325316044772492007-03-01T10:42:00.000-05:002007-03-01T10:42:00.000-05:00"It's only very recently and only in the west that..."It's only very recently and only in the west that the idea of hitting your children been seen as barbaric. "<BR/><BR/>Yes, but the idea of having sex/quasi sex with children has been seen as an abomination since Biblical days (by Jews and Christians, anyway). Recall that it was a grievous sin when Noah's daughters SAW HIM NAKED.<BR/><BR/>The difference between Imam Khomeini and his followers, and NAMBLA is one of shame--the NAMBLA folks are at least ashamed of their lusts, so keep themselves secret. These Muslims find Koranic justification for their lusts, and see nothing shameful in them.Jewish Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16704379332151214452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-9691998028402934962007-03-01T06:14:00.000-05:002007-03-01T06:14:00.000-05:00It's hardly a surprise that children from that reg...It's hardly a surprise that children from that region are physically attacked by their parents. A father beating his son to "teach him a lesson" has been the norm for humanity for most of our history. <BR/><BR/>It's only very recently and only in the west that the idea of hitting your children been seen as barbaric. <BR/><BR/><BR/>You can almost certainly find the same results if you polled children in Africa, India, and any other region of the globe that still adheres to a traditional way of life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-7765608900750402472007-03-01T00:07:00.000-05:002007-03-01T00:07:00.000-05:00This reinforces a realization I had with regard to...This reinforces a realization I had with regard to Islam. <BR/><BR/>Everyone has hatred and the desire for revenge within them and clearly "Christians" have acted on these impulses throughout history. Christian scripture, however, unambiguously condemns these dark human emotions. Revenge and hatred are sins and I defy anyone to point to a passage where Christ says otherwise. In modern America, you'll never get a sane priest or minister to bless revenge. So while we may hate, while we may crave revenge, we know at some level, maybe only deep down inside, but we know these things are wrong. By contrast, we have mullahs, not just one or two, but many and powerful mullahs throughout the Muslim world using their pulpits and their holy places to glorify and sanctify hatred. I think we have become desensitized to seeing Iranians chanting "Death to America!" during Friday prayers. Can you imagine something like this happening in, say, St. Patrick's Cathedral? Go to memri.org and you can see video after video of Muslim "holy" men preaching not just that hatred, violence, and revenge are not wrong, but that they are good, that they are holy, that they are the path to heaven. I'm not a scholar on Islam and I'm sure there are many fine and wonderful Muslims blah blah blah but it is clear that, as a whole, Muslims haven't yet agreed on the basic idea that revenge and hatred are sins. We're all non judgmental and tolerant these days but look, a religion that allows its clergy to get up and convince people that hatred and violence are good IS EVIL. If that's not evil what is? This sickening child abuse report simply confirms my belief that there is something very very dark at the core of Islam and that is truly frightening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-72009485731181594942007-02-28T12:45:00.000-05:002007-02-28T12:45:00.000-05:00"We all need to keep in mind that this fleeting mo..."We all need to keep in mind that this fleeting moment in the history of the world, when the greatest power on earth is also the champion of the finest and most democratic impulses of the human spiritis the exception not the rule."<BR/><BR/>An excellent point, that reminds me of the comment by the great Thomas Sowell: "We have all kinds of books and scholars and research on 'the root causes of war.' We can look at history and see that war is the rule, not the exception, so what we really need are scholars and books analyzing the causes of PEACE. Peace and prosperity and development is what is unusual, and worthy of study, not war and poverty and misery." [paraphrase]<BR/><BR/>SOMEONE has to be the most powerful force on the planet. If it weren't the USA today, it wd be either Russia...or China...or Iran...or the "Khalifa"... Which of these alternatives wd help the world become a better place than it is now?Jewish Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16704379332151214452noreply@blogger.com