Terror and Tolerance from Little Green Footballs. Hat Tip to danS, one of my regular commentors.

The morning of Jan. 29, upon hearing about the attack on a bus in Jerusalem, I did not experience the expected emotion. It seemed such a “normal” thing, and I have not enough tears to shed for people I do not know.

The next day, on Jan. 30, I read an article about one of the victims — Avraham Belhassen, 26 years old, a young father — and realized that I could tolerate no more. I can no longer tolerate terrorist folly, Islamist hatred, the passivity of Muslims, the blindness of the West. (my empahsis)


For me the time for political correctness is over. If they Muslim community and it's leaders will not go on national TV, Radio and the press and denounce al-Qaeda and Islamic terrorists then they deserve to be considered as one. Silence is the sames as approval.

When 9/11 happened, I turned to my wife (I am American and she is Scottish - neither Muslim) and said, "the world as you know it just ended. Everyone will be PC and go out of their way to say this is not a war between the West and Muslims. It would be so tragic and sad if that happened. But I fear that is just what this will be all about."

Maybe, as someone said in an earlier article, their religion is being hijacked by radicals. If that is the case it is up to them to get it back and I see almost no attempts in that direction.