Six Little Imams

The six Imams who got booted from an airplane have raised hell. They seem to think their public prayers are acceptable to everyone else. Most people can keep their religion to themselves and celebrate or pray accordingly. But not these guys. Hell no! Maybe I should get a dozen nuns to board an airplane while reciting their rosaries loudly. Bet there would be some complaints! There would be some moron in the crowd who wouldn't like the fact that nuns dared to exercise their right to freedom of religion. And the ACLU would be right there to protect the complainers, not the nuns! Come on folks, after 9-11, does it give you a warm, fuzzy feeling to have people in dark clothes, mumbling their prayers with the name of Allah popping up every few seconds, surrounding you? It would give me the creeps! Isn't that exactly what the 9-11 highjackers did? Or so said their prisoners before they died. I don't fly anymore for many reasons, that being one of them. Those six Imams haven't been living in a cave with Osama bin Laden for the last several years, have they? Could they possible be so stupid as to think the exercise of their freedom of religion would trump the rights of everyone else? Maybe they did think that. Yep. Their right to practice their religion is much more important than the safety of everyone else. Bulldookey! As long as we spend all our efforts finding ways not to offend Muslims (or anyone else) the rights our Constitution guarantees to us will be on the furthest back burner. Don't misunderstand me, folks. I don't hate Muslims. I try not to hate anyone as a matter of fact. But any religion that preaches hate and destruction and acts on it at every turn isn't something I want to protect. If Muslims have a "silent majority" that opposes all the violence, where are they? Why don't they speak up and defy the practices of the evil few who only want to kill? Remember the old saying "Evil can only win if good men do nothing." It fits the case, don't you think?

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Comment by Devil's Advocate

December 6th 2006 01:54

I am NOT espousing a religion here.... merely pointing out a fact. the fact is that you do NOT want to run a tally of the number of people killed in the Name of Jesus against the number of People killed in the Name of Muhammed in an effort to determine which religion is more peaceful. I have read both the Koran and the Bible. There does not exist a religion on earth that follows the teachings of either one, despite the claims that they do. The ACLU is a religious person's worst nightmare, because it is an organization dedicated not to determining what is right or wrong, but rather whether the constitution of the United States is upheld. The fundamental challenge of a Democratic Republic is making sure that majority rule wins, SO LONG AS the rights of the very smallest of minorities is not trampled. We do not live in a true democracy. We were not meant to live in a true democracy. We live in a republic, and a republic that will protect the rights of six muslims on an airplane is the same republic that protected our forefathers from the transgressions of the anglican church against various protestant demoninations.

Comment by S.L.Bradish

December 6th 2006 02:25

D.A. Our forefathers came here so they could practice their religion without the state telling them which church to attend. That's where the Freedom Of Religion comes is. Freedom OF not FROM! The Muslims have a right to practice their faith. No one is denying that. The problem was they were doing it while muttering hate speech against the US and praise for Sadam and bin Laden. (A fellow passenger translated.) Their behavior was questionable, to say the least, sitting in the same grouping the 9-11 high jackers used. They had one-way tickets and almost no luggage (like the high jackers) and they were disturbing other passengers with their prayers. If you don't want to be busted as a terrorist, don't act like one. Boy, that's complicated, isn't it?

Comment by Devil's Advocate

December 6th 2006 03:12

What does a terrorist act like? I wonder if Tim McVeigh wore a turban. How about Ted Kazinski?

Comment by S.L.Bradish

December 6th 2006 03:32

Hello again, D.A. Domestic terrorists look like everybody else, obviously. It was more their behavior than their looks. By the way, if you don't want to draw attention to yourself, maybe you should watch the way you dress? The imams dressed and acted like the 9-11 high jackers. They weren't robed in business suits, or even dresses. They didn't take their seats and act politely. They made every effort to draw attention to themselves and behaved in a way that would make any rational person nervous. Could it have been a test to see if we were stupid enough for them to skate by with another high jacking? bet ya that's what the passengers and crew were thinking. They have been insane not to...

Comment by Devil's Advocate

December 6th 2006 03:51

Airports and airplanes will not be the site of the next terrorist attack any more then Jack in the Box will be the site of the next ecoli-outbreak. Terrorists will look for places of vulnerabilty... and they are many.

Comment by S.L.Bradish

December 6th 2006 03:58

Personally, I worry about the ports, but that's just me. However the old saying, "once bitten, twice shy" has merit. I wouldn't get on an airplane to begin with, but if I did and saw people dressed that way and acting that way, it would scare the squat out of me. As it would anyone who remembers 9-11. If it was just a publicity stunt to make all Muslims look less threatening, it worked... up to a point, didn't it? Look at all the people who are defending them. None of whom were on that plane, I'll bet.

Comment by Devil's Advocate

December 6th 2006 05:33

Life is too short to wonder what bad might happen if I get on a plane. newsflash. We are all hurtling towards our deaths.

Comment by S.L.Bradish

December 6th 2006 09:36

Then, by all means fly all over the place. I didn't say why I won't fly. If you get on a plane someday and find yourself in the company of strange acting muslims, maybe it won't bother you. I'm sure there were many on 9-11 who weren't bothered until the very end, too.

Comment by youranter

December 6th 2006 12:29

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DA, the ACLU is like any other union. Sometimes they do good things, other times they don't. I would worry if a group like that got on a plane with me too. Maybe the ACLU was defending the rights of all the other passengers when they allowed this clique to get booted.

Comment by S.L.Bradish

December 6th 2006 12:41

Hi Youranter! The ACLU doesn't usually defend the innocent, but maybe thhis once they did (or should have!)

Comment by youranter

December 6th 2006 12:53

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I just thought I'd throw a twist in. Of course the ACLU can have their cake and eat it too. They defend the rights of the other passengers and then make a big noise about the imams. It's a win-win for them.

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