More Fear Mongering

You have to wonder about the intelligence of our media and our leaders, but probably more even about the media. Now the media is spreading fear about the possibility of attacks on our trains.

For some unknown reason whether something is happening or not, or whether terrorists have thought of an idea of something to target our media seems intent on giving them idea, not only of targets but also of their weaknesses.

Our media seems to think that everything should be absolutely safe, much like most Americans. As Americans we seem to feel there should be no risk in life. If there is any risk whatever to health, injury, or death it is assumed that we need to put regulations and systems in place to prevent it completely.

It has reached the point where companies are required to put such ridiculous messages on their products as not making toast in your bathtub, or not swallowing your pen. Not only does it show how stupid the companies are but also how stupid they think the people are. If you're busy making toast in your bathtub while taking a bath you deserve to be electrocuted.

Now the media has become focused on trains which Osama was thinking about targeting. I can't help but wonder if he'd mentioned coffee shops if you would be required to be searched when you went in a coffee shop, or may grocery stores. After all these certainly have no security. The list goes on and on.

We should not be more afraid that criminals and terrorists are going to do something to us than they are to do it!

It amazes me that people seem to feel that everyone else is responsible for their safety and to resolve their problems. As we all know we live in a litigious society, where everyone seeks to sue someone else every time they have a problem or get injured. What has happened to the sense of personal responsibility.

If a child plays with matches and gets burned the parent is to blame. If a person doesn't pay their bills they're not responsible because they didn't get the bill in the mail... as thought hey didn't know they used the service that month and they were still expected to pay. This list goes on and on.

Yes, some things are genuinely the responsibility or fault of another, but things have gone to a ridiculous level and the media doesn't help matters.

We should stick with what bush said in the first place. If some country is harboring terrorist and terrorists from that nation attack us then all bets are off! And actually do it!

We are told not all Muslims are terrorists, but not one media outlet can seem to find any group of Muslims that oppose and speak out against the terrorists or is openly seeking out and prosecuting the terrorists. So why would they say what they say. Because they are too politically correct. Sadly they think of Islam like being German or Japanese. They do not understand being Muslim is more like being a Nazi or a Kamakazi. It is a belief system that has a world view that drives it and thus will continue to cause the problems.

We would do better to say that not all Arabs are terrorists. Their nationality doesn't mean they hold to the belief system, but the belief system is the belief system and that is what drives the behavior. No one would debate that Nazis were all guilty of wanting to exterminate the Jews or any of the other non white races. That is what defined them as Nazis. That of course didn't mean that all Germans were Nazis, but all Nazis did believe in the above among other things and needed to be fought against wherever they were found.

We need to stop being so defensive and stop making ourselves prisoners in our own houses cowering in fear and start making these criminals and terrorists afraid of retaliation. If they hide behind "innocents" as Osama did then we do what it takes to get them. Yes we may kill a few innocents but we will get the enemy and no more innocents will suffer under them.

Not only would this be the case, but then the "innocents" might actually find the courage to assist in their own liberation. Right now they know we won't do anything and they do not stand up against the terrorists either.

For the trains, the coffee shops, the planes, and every other possible target and go after the people that would attack them.

As I've said, all the people touting that there are moderate Muslims that don't support terrorism have yet to produce this "large" number of moderates that disagree with them.

I challenge any one of these people to pick the Mosque of their choice and go stand in front of it and make fun of Allah, or Mohammed. They certainly would have no fear of doing something similar in front of a church because they really do know that extremists in Christianity are really the minority and the exception. They also know in spite of their political correctness that the moderates in Islam are almost non-existent.

Let's stop playing games about this and address the issue as it really is.

You don't need to ask Muslims what they believe. All you have to do is read the Koran. Just like reading the Bible will tell you what most Christians believe.