Culture Clash?

No. It's a bloody war. It's a war of cultures. There is no getting around it. It's not between Islam and the West. It's between fundamentalist Islam and liberality. If Europe actually wakes up to the problem, maybe even the loonies (left and right) in our country will start to be aware. The simple fact is, if fundamentalist Islam is allowed to thrive unchecked, then the fears of Bush being a little too harsh on the environment or passing a gay marriage ban will look like Nirvana. Fundamentalist Islam isn't concerned with gay rights. They kill gay people. It isn't concerned with reproductive rights. They kill women that have sex outside marriage or who have abortions. Free speech? Look at the number of bloggers imprisoned, and some killed, in Iran. The environment? Who knows. Maybe they'll be great stewards of the environment. I don't hold much hope for that, but maybe that's the silver lining in the cloud of death and oppression that Fundamentalist Islam represents. Legalize marijuana? Yeah, maybe. They don't have too much of a problem with hash & tobacco, but alcohol has to go.

Say good-bye to democratic forms of government. Say good-bye to individual freedoms (well, unless you're a man, then you get some). Say good-bye to beer (now there's a reason to fight). Say good-bye to many of the freedoms that have built the glory that we're privileged to live in daily. Or, fight for those things. Fight for them with guns. Fight for them with words. Just fight the right people. It ain't Bush and the Neo-Cons that are the BIG ENEMY. It's Fundamentalist Islam and it's refusal to live and let live.