jrance@iacwds.com 716 Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Dr. Emanual Tanay is a well known and well respected psychiastrist. A German's point of view on Islam. A man whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War ll owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism. 'Very few people were true Nazis 'he said,' but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.' We are told again and again by 'experts' and 'talking heads' that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectra of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam. The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honor kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. The hard quantifiable fact is that the 'peaceful majority', the 'silent majority', is cowed and extraneous. Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managaed to kill a staggering 70 million people. The average Japanese individual prior to World War ll was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet. And, who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were 'peace loving'? History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun. Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghanis, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late. As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts; the fanatics who threaten our way of life. Emanuel Tanay, M.D. 2980 Provincial St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734-997-0256 drtanay@umich.edu Quote Link to post Share on other sites
getitat 609 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Gosh, I bet it will be OK when we have a potential Jihadist in the Oval Office.....Whew.... I've heard it discussed lately on Rush, Hannity etc. how "dead" Osama's eyes look. He's been described as "a man without a soul" by the look of his eyes. Hmmm...Where's my reloading gear and body armor...... guido2 in Houston Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Koliadko 207 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Good read. Should be required reading. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patriot 7,197 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Another good read: CICENTRE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rd99fxdl 17 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Vry good reads,and oh so sad but true too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tokageko 8 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 If I could only count the number of times I've brought up that exact point (regarding silent, peaceful majorities) in debates on this subject.... The thing is: the peaceful majority gets intimidated by the violent minority. Their "peacefulness" is what keeps their voices from being heard... or from them even being raised in the first place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
getitat 609 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 guid2 in houston Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jrance@iacwds.com 716 Posted March 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 You could also pose either candidate in front of the Kremlin in Russian garb and they would be perfectly at home. 1911 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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