Jihad trains in New York City
Posted by Moonage on 23 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Shock and Awe, terrorism
Congressman Peter King is kinda upset.
Now, CNN’s running a poll on their homepage. So far, about 63% of the people agree with Congressman King. At first I didn’t. However, when reading further, the “those behind it” include Siraj Wahhaj, who was a character witness for the 1993 bombing. Now, I just see how anyone can be a character witness for someone who bombs innocent people. Sorry. Just can’t do it. However, I still have a problem with stepping all over The First Amendment. So, I propose this for the Transit Authority. They can allow Siraj Wahhaj and his cronies to run all the ads on those trains that they want. However, right next to each ad, an ad is also allowed to run showing the results of Islam in America and elsewhere.
Fair enough?
5 Comments »
on 24 Jul 2008 at 9:29 am 1.Jeff said …
Then by the same token if there are ads for other religions they can post the results of those around the world also. Very few religions have no skeletons in the closet. Christians and Christianity have probably killed more people than Muslims would ever hope to. Would you agree to this solution if the ads were being run on Chicago or San Francisco subways at some other time of the year?
Jeff (yeah, decided to visit some of your other blogs)
on 24 Jul 2008 at 10:12 am 2.Moonage
said …
Well, the city of New York has particular reason to be offended by this particular ad campaign. They were not attacked by Christians, Jews, Buddhists, or any other religion. Most other religions have celebrated the freedom they got from being in New York as opposed to attempting to stifle that freedom through violence. Although other religions have skeletons as well, none have been directed at the city of New York. So, I don’t see why New York would be offended if other religions tried the same thing. Maybe in 100 years it wouldn’t be so offensive. But, to have Islam attack New York twice in my adult lifetime, and then turn around and attempt to recruit people via the public transportation system that they have used in those attacks is well, kinda perverse to me. And, given the person wanting to do it has ties to those terrorists that attacked New York just strikes me as well, sick. So, it’s not religion in general New York seems to have a problem with, it’s radical Islamists who keep blowing New Yorkers up. If I lived there, and saw one of those ads, I’d commit a crime against it. I think that’s the last thing the tranist authority wants to deal with. So, since the people that perpetrated the attacks against New York don’t have the decency to not rub it in their faces, it probably takes an act of law to enforce decency.
Now, if these guys had tried to do it in Chicago or San Francisco, the raw nerves wouldn’t be rubbed quite so obviously. However, I do think it will present the same problems of tempting vandalism as well. So, I just don’t think it’s a good idea to promote any religion using public tax dollars in the form of the public transportation system. Sure, although the ads are paid for with private money, it’s the public transportation system that provides the venue. So, a blanket no religious ads policy would suit me just fine.
But, for the time being, I agree with Peter King.
on 24 Jul 2008 at 10:13 am 3.Moonage
said …
And, glad you’re checking out the other blogs as well. Sometimes I have a difficult time deciding where stuff should go, so you might find stuff you like on the other blogs as well.
on 24 Jul 2008 at 1:09 pm 4.Jeff said …
I would whole heartedly agree with the idea of a no religious ads at all policy. I think this world would be a better place without religion. JMHO
on 24 Jul 2008 at 1:25 pm 5.Moonage
said …
Well, religion has had it’s place in the development of culture and civilization for 2,000 years at the very least. So, there must be something good about it. In it’s origin, it was used to keep the masses in line by offering eternal hell if they didn’t pay taxes. In that aspect, there has to be some good aspects to it as otherwise we’d have people running around blowing everything up that they didn’t like.
( Does that make ya go “hmmmmm”? )