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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (32976)	2/19/2009 2:58:13 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

I can't believe you are posting this: And they are a particular threat to Muslim communities. You can’t build a healthy society on the back of suicide-bombers, whose sole objective is to wreak havoc by exclusively and indiscriminately killing as many civilians as possible. If suicide-murder is deemed legitimate by a community when attacking its “enemies” abroad, it will eventually be used as a tactic against “enemies” at home, and that is exactly what has happened in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The only effective way to stop this trend is for “the village” — the Muslim community itself — to say “no more.” When a culture and a faith community delegitimizes this kind of behavior, openly, loudly and consistently, it is more important than metal detectors or extra police. Religion and culture are the most important sources of restraint in a society. ... trying to build decent, pluralistic societies in places like Iraq is not as crazy as it seems.