A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave should 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.' Nazi fanaticism resulted in the death of 44 million Europeans, including 7,5 million Germans.
We were told 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 majority who wished to live in peace were irrelevant.
We were told that China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million of its own people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant.
We are told that the average Japanese individual prior to World War II 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 were killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet. The peaceful majority of Japanese were irrelevant.
And who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery in the 1990s. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were 'peace loving'? The peace loving majority of Rwandans were irrelevant. 1 million deaths estimated.
We are told again and again by so called 'experts' that Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Accepting this unqualified assertion as true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better. The fact is the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history.
We were told 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 majority who wished to live in peace were irrelevant.
We were told that China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million of its own people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant.
We are told that the average Japanese individual prior to World War II 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 were killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet. The peaceful majority of Japanese were irrelevant.
And who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery in the 1990s. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were 'peace loving'? The peace loving majority of Rwandans were irrelevant. 1 million deaths estimated.
We are told again and again by so called 'experts' that Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Accepting this unqualified assertion as true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better. The fact is the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history.
• It is the fanatics who demonstrate on the streets of the European cities, who have welcomed them in with open arms.
• It is the fanatics who interpret the Koran literally.*
• It is the fanatics who are currently waging some 50 shooting wars worldwide.
• It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian and other non Muslim groups throughout Africa. They are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave.
• It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honour-kill.
• It is the fanatics who indiscriminately fire unguided rockets loaded with high explosive across the Gaza border into Israel.
• It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals.
• It is the fanatics who take hostages, usually innocent aid workers, and murder them when their demands are not met.
• It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.
The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the 'silent majority,' is cowed and extraneous.
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.
If they don't speak up, peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy, because like our German friend, 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, Afghans, 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.
* If Christian fanatics were to interpret the Old Testament in the same manner as Muslim fanatics do the Koran, they would be going around demanding the execution of adulterers, fornicators and homosexuals. Oh yes, and also those who do not keep the sabbath.
• It is the fanatics who interpret the Koran literally.*
• It is the fanatics who are currently waging some 50 shooting wars worldwide.
• It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian and other non Muslim groups throughout Africa. They are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave.
• It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honour-kill.
• It is the fanatics who indiscriminately fire unguided rockets loaded with high explosive across the Gaza border into Israel.
• It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals.
• It is the fanatics who take hostages, usually innocent aid workers, and murder them when their demands are not met.
• It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.
The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the 'silent majority,' is cowed and extraneous.
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.
If they don't speak up, peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy, because like our German friend, 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, Afghans, 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.
* If Christian fanatics were to interpret the Old Testament in the same manner as Muslim fanatics do the Koran, they would be going around demanding the execution of adulterers, fornicators and homosexuals. Oh yes, and also those who do not keep the sabbath.
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