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| Which Side Are You On? A Simple Test To Find Out |
| 2008-03-08 |
| A quiz: Question One: Which of the following views on the fundamental nature of Islam presented by a president of the United States of America fits more closely with actual events and your own personal knowledge? A) The View of President George W. Bush: The Islam that we know is a faith devoted to the worship of one God, as revealed through The Holy Qur'an. It teaches the value and the importance of charity, mercy, and peace. B) The View of President John Adams: The precept of the Koran is, perpetual war against all who deny, that Mahomet is the prophet of God. The vanquished may purchase their lives, by the payment of tribute; the victorious may be appeased by a false and delusive promise of peace; and the faithful follower of the prophet, may submit to the imperious necessities of defeat: but the command to propagate the Moslem creed by the sword is always obligatory, when it can be made effective. The commands of the prophet may be performed alike, by fraud, or by force. Question Two: Which of the following views on the advisability of negotiating in good faith with Muslims strikes you are more closing aligning with objective historic experience of such negotiations? A) The View of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: Last week in Annapolis, the parties, Israelis and Palestinians, agreed to launch negotiations to establish a Palestinian state and to achieve a peace treaty by the end of the year -- by the end of 2008. * * * Most Palestinians now believe that Israel will always be its neighbor and that no Palestinian state will be born through violence. And for most Arab states, the question now is not whether Israel is going to exist, but on what terms to make peace with Israel. B) The View of President John Adams: Of Mahometan good faith, we have had memorable examples ourselves. When our gallant [Stephen] Decatur had chastised the pirate of Algiers, till he was ready to renounce his claim of tribute from the United States, he signed a treaty to that effect: but the treaty was drawn up in the Arabic language, as well as in our own; and our negotiators, unacquainted with the language of the Koran, signed the copies of the treaty, in both languages, not imagining that there was any difference between them. Within a year the Dey demands, under penalty of the renewal of the war, an indemnity in money for the frigate taken by Decatur; our Consul demands the foundation of this pretension; and the Arabic copy of the treaty, signed by himself is produced, with an article stipulating the indemnity, foisted into it, in direct opposition to the treaty as it had been concluded. Question Three: Why is it that what passed as quite obvious common sense historically is now viewed as outlandish today, even when such "outlandish" views comport quite readily with observable reality? A) Because previous generations possessed an oppressive and racist view of non-White, non-Christians, which distorted their views. B) Because Liberalism is a lie and ideology that has blinded our leaders as sure as Marxist dogma blinded the men who used to stand on Lenin's Tomb. Results: If you answered "B" to all the above, congratulations. You may not know this, but you are a radical opponent of the institutions around you. If you answered "A" to all the above, please do go back to sleep. Then again, maybe not. Perhaps you see rainbows and unicorns both while sleeping and while awake. |
| Posted by:SR-71 |
| #1 what about C for the last one... That being the Saudis own the framers of that question. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-03-08 21:33 |