"This is the man (John Kerry) who wants to be the Commander in Chief of our U.S. Armed Forces? U.S. forces armed with what? Spitballs?" --- Zell Miller (D-GA.)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamie Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 12:21 PM Subject: Fwd: [antimuslimgroup] Cult of Death > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:08:44 -0500 > > Subject: [antimuslimgroup] Cult of Death > > > > Cult of Death > > By DAVID BROOKS > > The New York Times > > September 7, 2004 > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/07/opinion/07brooks.html > > > > > > We've been forced to witness the massacre of > > innocents. In New York, > > Madrid, Moscow, Tel Aviv, Baghdad and Bali, we have > > seen thousands of > > people destroyed while going about the daily > > activities of life. > > > > We've been forced to endure the massacre of > > children. Whether it's > > teenagers outside an Israeli disco or students in > > Beslan, Russia, we've > > seen kids singled out as special targets. > > We should by now have become used to the death cult > > that is thriving at > > the fringes of the Muslim world. This is the cult of > > people who are > > proud to declare, "You love life, but we love > > death." This is the cult > > that sent waves of defenseless children to be mowed > > down on the > > battlefields of the Iran-Iraq war, that trains > > kindergartners to become > > bombs, that fetishizes death, that sends people off > > joyfully to commit > > mass murder. > > > > This cult attaches itself to a political cause but > > parasitically > > strangles it. The death cult has strangled the dream > > of a Palestinian > > state. The suicide bombers have not brought peace to > > Palestine; they've > > brought reprisals. The car bombers are not pushing > > the U.S. out of Iraq; > > they're forcing us to stay longer. The death cult is > > now strangling the > > Chechen cause, and will bring not independence but > > blood. > > > > But that's the idea. Because the death cult is not > > really about the > > cause it purports to serve. It's about the sheer > > pleasure of killing and > > dying. > > > > It's about massacring people while in a state of > > spiritual loftiness. > > It's about experiencing the total freedom of > > barbarism - freedom even > > from human nature, which says, Love children, and > > Love life. It's about > > the joy of sadism and suicide. > > > > We should be used to this pathological mass movement > > by now. We should > > be able to talk about such things. Yet when you look > > at the Western > > reaction to the Beslan massacres, you see people > > quick to divert their > > attention away from the core horror of this act, as > > if to say: We don't > > want to stare into this abyss. We don't want to > > acknowledge those parts > > of human nature that were on display in Beslan. > > Something here, if > > thought about too deeply, undermines the categories > > we use to live our > > lives, undermines our faith in the essential > > goodness of human beings. > > > > Three years after Sept. 11, too many people have > > become experts at > > averting their eyes. If you look at the editorials > > and public > > pronouncements made in response to Beslan, you see > > that they glide over > > the perpetrators of this act and search for more > > conventional, more > > easily comprehensible targets for their rage. > > > > The Boston Globe editorial, which was typical of the > > American > > journalistic response, made two quick references to > > the barbarity of the > > terrorists, but then quickly veered off with long > > passages condemning > > Putin and various Russian policy errors. > > > > The Dutch foreign minister, Bernard Bot, speaking on > > behalf of the > > European Union, declared: "All countries in the > > world need to work > > together to prevent tragedies like this. But we also > > would like to know > > from the Russian authorities how this tragedy could > > have happened." > > > > It wasn't a tragedy. It was a carefully planned mass > > murder operation. > > And it wasn't Russian authorities who stuffed > > basketball nets with > > explosives and shot children in the back as they > > tried to run away. > > > > Whatever horrors the Russians have perpetrated upon > > the Chechens, > > whatever their ineptitude in responding to the > > attack, the essential > > nature of this act was in the act itself. It was the > > fact that a team of > > human beings could go into a school, live with > > hundreds of children for > > a few days, look them in the eyes and hear their > > cries, and then blow > > them up. > > > > Dissertations will be written about the euphemisms > > the media used to > > describe these murderers. They were called > > "separatists" and > > "hostage-takers." Three years after Sept. 11, many > > are still apparently > > unable to talk about this evil. They still try to > > rationalize terror. > > What drives the terrorists to do this? What are they > > trying to achieve? > > > > They're still victims of the delusion that Paul > > Berman diagnosed after > > Sept. 11: "It was the belief that, in the modern > > world, even the enemies > > of reason cannot be the enemies of reason. Even the > > unreasonable must > > be, in some fashion, reasonable." > > > > This death cult has no reason and is beyond > > negotiation. This is what > > makes it so frightening. This is what causes so many > > to engage in a sort > > of mental diversion. They don't want to confront > > this horror. So they > > rush off in search of more comprehensible things to > > hate. > > ------- > > Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company > > > > > > > ===== > "We will never forgive. Never forget. Never excuse." -- Actor Ron Silver addressing the RNC; Aug. 30, 2004 > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! 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