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2007-07-12 India-Pakistan

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Posted by John Frum 2007-07-12 09:21|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 He gets it.

Posted by Bunyip 2007-07-12 09:45|| 2007-07-12 09:45|| Front Page Top

#2 The author's last paragraph could be applied to any western nation & our own as well.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-07-12 10:19|| 2007-07-12 10:19|| Front Page Top

#3 He did not attend because he was worried that any public expression of sorrow for those blown up by the jihadi terrorists might be misinterpreted by the Muslims as stigmatising their community.

What's there to worry about? Muslims stigmatize themselves perfectly well without any outside help at all.

The entire preceding article is by itself enough to permanently discredit Politically Correct thinking. (Isn't Politically Correct thinking an oxymoron?) Must we forever tiptoe about because Islam insists upon having an eggshell ego? Must we remove all sharp edges and corners from our world because Islam bleeds so profusely at even the least pinprick to its bloated self-importance? Must we laboriously smooth over every last rough patch on this entire planet because Islam is a skinless people of endless sensitivity?

How much longer do we delude ourselves that endlessly appeasing these hideous barbarians does anything except embolden them to make even more unfair demands upon those that they already treat with utter contempt?

Oh yeah, and what Broadhead6 said.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-12 11:19|| 2007-07-12 11:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks for the post John. I recall you have said before that nearly half the populace is Muslim in India. I guess most people of the world were ignorant of this. You have a tremendous problem there. Makes France look like very small problem indeed. So, all officials there are scared to death, literally, of "offending" Muslims. I wandered why there was little backlash from Hindus, but now understand it takes a terrible offence to get the required response. Everything hushed up otherwise, hoping the Muzzie bogeyman attacks anyone but me.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-07-12 11:44|| 2007-07-12 11:44|| Front Page Top

#5 The muslim population is about 15%. With a billion plus population, that is 150 million.
In the Indian subcontinent as a whole, muslims may total 450 million

Posted by John Frum 2007-07-12 12:09|| 2007-07-12 12:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Even the Scots have dhimmied up after the Petrol-Jihad failure. The catchword is: inclusivism. Make the Muslims feel at home. Or create conditions for eventual Dar-Islam (home of Islam). Muslims can't be suspects because they subscribe to a religion of peace.

Posted by McZoid 2007-07-12 14:30|| 2007-07-12 14:30|| Front Page Top

#7 TRhe reason we, not only trhe Indians but also us, western,eers, fear of offending Muslims by talking about terrorists is preceiselyn because the Muslims have never rejecvted nthem as alien. After every terrorist bombing there has been 10 seconds of mild blame of the terrorists followed by five minutes of "America have had it coming" or "Poor Muslims are living under suspicion".

What we have not seen ios Muslims ashamed of terrorits, spitting at them, fathers denying them their houses, fatwas banishing them from the Umah.

What we have seen is Muslims dancing in the streets after 9/11, carrying Bin Laden tee-shirts, fathers proud of their terrorist sons and imams calling to extermination of infidels.

The mere fact that we think we could offend them by commemorating teh bombings is proof that they don't deserve this kind of attentions.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-07-12 15:33|| 2007-07-12 15:33|| Front Page Top

#8 The president of India, Dr A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, is a Muslim. Note that the president of India is not like the president of the United States. He is not head of state. The Prime Minister is Dr. Manmohan Singh, a Sikh.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-07-12 17:18|| 2007-07-12 17:18|| Front Page Top

#9 How about we commemorate 911 by bombing an islamic monument every year?

Posted by JohnQC 2007-07-12 17:27|| 2007-07-12 17:27|| Front Page Top

#10 . He is not head of state

Actually Professor Kalam is the Head of State.
He is commander in chief of the armed forces of India as well.

He is NOT head of government. That is the portfolio of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Posted by John Frum 2007-07-12 19:24|| 2007-07-12 19:24|| Front Page Top

#11 photo

The Indian President Abdul Kalam, developer of India's first satellite launchers and ballistic missiles.
The guy behind him is Professor Chidabaram, the nuclear physicist in charge of the Indian hydrogen bomb design team

Posted by John Frum 2007-07-12 19:30|| 2007-07-12 19:30|| Front Page Top

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