Sunday, April 13, 2008

Roger's Rules: Free Speech in an Age of Jihad


http://pajamasmedia.com/xpress/rogerkimball/2008/04/12/free_speech_in_an_age_of_jihad.php

The Islamofascists have a fanatical belief that theirs is a holy mission, that incinerating infidels is their bounden duty. For them suicide is a gateway to paradise. For us suicide is just that: suicide. The question is whether we believe anything with sufficient vigor to jettison the torpor of our barren self-satisfaction. There are signs that the answer is Yes, but you won't see them on CNN or read about them in The New York Times. One part of the purpose of "Free Speech in an Age of Jihad" was to describe the threat that radical Islam, in its more bureaucratic and legalistic avatars, poses to the West. Equally important was the effort to remind us that the threat to West civilization lies as much with our response—or rather, our lack of response. 

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