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Politics : The Truth About Islam -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ExCane who wrote (5663)	3/2/2007 7:31:06 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

The perps of very single circumstance and event the Rabbi exposed in that article are to be condemned if not as strongly as he suggests then in in the strongest language available. I personally find the conduct of those people abominable each and every one of them. Obviously he has his own bias's as we all do and some of that may come through in his singular explanation that Islam is to blame for horrific injustice and enmity between and among peoples in modern time. He cautions against turning the finger of blame on the victims, which I whole heartedly agree with. But I disagree with his logic of it can't be our issue so the blame for the worlds strife must lie solely on Islam. Ok, who would hire him as a talk radio guy if he wasn't willing to stir up a little provocative controversy? Some of that is understandable as well. But we shouldn't confuse that with objective opining, or the wisdom of a religious spokesperson. We now have 51% of adult America living the single life and probably another large percentage of coupled America considering it. Much of that is not because of the love of bachelorhood, it is because we have broken relationships. Often times with one of the partners doing some jail time at the close of the relationship. Not to long ago we had fairly stable core families as a standard in our culture, what happened. One of the biggest things that changed starting in the sixties and continuing up to now was insisting upon victimhood for one component of nearly every relationship and assigning guilt to the other. The Rabbi is singing an old tune that has not been one of unity and responsibility in problem solving. Is that something we will continue to stand by? If so, the Rabbi has a point and I will take a passive observers role as long as possible to see who might be the last man standing. There is another option, which is for all of us to do our part in spreading good will, working together to make things better and condemning extreme conduct from all sectors of global society. That requires responsibility however and is not compatible with assigning blame. It does not take place when everyone is stubbornly refusing to stand up and do what is good and just until the other guy goes first. Not to mention that the world and its problems is a whole lot more complicated than the black and white distinction of Muslims or non-Muslims.