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From the Other Side of the Edge….
Political
Correctness, and Religious Arrogance, …the World’s Tragically Evil Twins
By Joe Facinoli
On the one hand, today we are being told, taught, and fairly beaten
into submission with the idea, that every culture, person, and
lifestyle which we might encounter, …should be treated with
unquestioned respect and acquiescence, no matter how different,
conflicting, disagreeable, and/or repulsive, …they may be to
us.
Political Correctness run amok, …engrained in every part and morsel of
our society, and lives these days, …but run amok,
nonetheless.
On the other hand, we are told by every major religion and belief
system, in one fashion or another, that their “God” is the only God,
and that all who do not believe this basic tenet are, …well, …frankly
less human, less entitled to any benefits attached to same, and
certainly, …lesser in the eyes of “God”.
Religious Arrogance at its finest, …or worst, …and it’s been this way
for many millennia.
Polar opposites by definition, …these two societal scourges and
pariahs, …but they are joined at the hip, and irrevocably intertwined,
…by their clandestinely evil natures.
One says that we must accept all who appear before us, …and not only
allow these fellow travelers whatever life decisions they might have
made, but then accommodate and include those choices into our own
lives, …regardless of our own beliefs.
And for good measure, the core principle of Political Correctness is
that we should never speak, nor act disparagingly of anyone’s heritage,
choices, and/or beliefs, …in even the slightest way.
In fact, we should never go so far as to even imply that we do not
agree with, nor that we might not accept anything, that any other
person, …anywhere, …might do, believe, or say.
PC has spoken, so you’d best take heed, …and pay careful
attention.
For it has been dictated, that we should go through life wearing soft
velvet, kid gloves, …and treat everyone in it like they were the most
fragile of eggs, ready to break at the most trivial word, or delicate
provocation.
But on the opposite side, we have all the world’s major religions, each
telling any who will listen that if you don’t believe in them, then you
don’t matter, …and that you are surely destined to rot in whatever Hell
they have concocted, if you don’t shape up and get with their
program.
Too many of them go even further, telling any in earshot, (whether they
care to listen or not), that they will be punished right here on this
Good Earth, …should they choose not to leave the “dark side”, and
capitulate to the beliefs of the “One and Only Way”.
And over the centuries, each and every one of these theologies and
liturgies has spent considerable time and effort “convincing” their
non-believers, …that they should.
Going through life, and history, with heavy leather gloves, wrapped
around a sledge hammer, as a way of “reminding” us that we are all
heathens and sinners, unless we believe their way.
The worst possible kind of cultural pairing, these two
“philosophies”.
A few strong and brutal groups of killers (and worse), in the name of a
brutal and condescending religion, …pillaging and plundering their way
through all society, in the name of some arbitrary, man-made god (as
they all are, really), whose instructions seem to include whatever the
“followers” want them to say.
Then these offenders are made credible, and untouchable, by the creed
which says we cannot judge, muchless punish nor prevent, these hideous
(and worse) actions and practices, for fear we might not understand
them, nor judge fairly.
The fatal and tragic definition of a “Catch-22”.
Which, …given our present cultural and political choices,
…means: No Way to Win.
Bringing us to present day Islam, …and to Paris, which followed Sydney,
and Madrid, and London, and so many mass murders of non-followers and
non-believers, and poison gas in subways, and beheadings on camera, and
machine gunnings of journalists and cartoonists, …and so much
individual torture, and cultural suffering.
And of course, ….9/11.
It’s not going to get better, …not for a very long
time. Not until the world’s leaders decide to stop
talking, and posturing, and condemning, and preaching, …and start
acting like leaders, …in the best interest of those who chose them to
lead.
We need leaders like Reagan, and Thatcher, …again.
And those of the “Greatest Generation”, …not so long ago.
There are ways to deal with this threat, however it originated, and
from wherever it comes.
We’ve done it already, …in World War II.
Seems like a long time ago, but the principles are the same
today. No one has the courage to do it, however, …worrying
too much about “collateral damage”, and political
“fallout”.
We are truly in the same place now, as when Hitler, and Japan, seemed
to be unstoppable, and had all the leverage on us.
We let them get to that point, by political inaction, and capitulation,
and “appeasement”, before the world finally had had enough, and agreed
that they must be stopped, …at all costs.
And that’s where we are now, …no matter what the world’s leaders
pontificate.
These “extremists” will stop at nothing, and as we have seen, actually
want to become martyrs for their god, for their cause, and for all its
self-serving teachings.
Think massive troop strength advantages, brutal recriminations, and
unmerciful pursuit and “disposal” of these supposed
extremists.
They neither know, nor understand, any other way.
Islam is not a country, and there are 1.6 billion practicing Muslims in
the world, but if each despicable, unholy event they do is met with
something worse, then sooner or later, the tide will
turn.
Those who live by the sword, especially at the behest of some false and
ruthless god, truly need to be dealt with by the same harsh
sword. Until all who live that way are gone, or have
seen the light.
A lot of innocents will die, but it needs to be done this
way. They have forced our hand, …and we have let them
take us to the unfortunate place where we now find
ourselves.
We cannot keep giving in to them, and blaming brave writers for “going
too far” in poking fun, or telling the truth, about this religion, its
holy book, and the deity who supposedly inspired it.
Only Israel today has the guts to take the actions
necessary.
We all need to follow their lead, or else we will be following the
dictates of some “others”, …who, …I can assure you, will NOT be very
polite and friendly.
Joe Facinoli
--Joe can be reached at: joefacinoli@gmail.com
Intelligent Response Encouraged !!!
© Copyright 2015, Joe Facinoli
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