But in the case currently making news, the informant was part of the Muslim community!
I can imagine that decent, law-abiding Muslims feel quite put upon - the folks who espouse mass murder claim loudly to be acting in their name and on their behalf. The hope is that the decent, law-abiding Muslims will throw whatever constituent element of their community is espousing such horrors to the wolves, and expel them from their communities. These arrests may be a step in a positive direction. Or maybe not - I don't know.
I do know, however, that while decent, law-abiding Muslims remain silent, the mass-murder-espousing Muslims have a much freer hand.
Burke said: All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. He was right then, and is still right today.
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Date: 2006-08-14 11:46 pm (UTC)I can imagine that decent, law-abiding Muslims feel quite put upon - the folks who espouse mass murder claim loudly to be acting in their name and on their behalf. The hope is that the decent, law-abiding Muslims will throw whatever constituent element of their community is espousing such horrors to the wolves, and expel them from their communities. These arrests may be a step in a positive direction. Or maybe not - I don't know.
I do know, however, that while decent, law-abiding Muslims remain silent, the mass-murder-espousing Muslims have a much freer hand.
Burke said: All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. He was right then, and is still right today.