My answer to your question:

g) The leadership of the Church of England.

I was close.

I almost chose, "Professors of Muslim Studies at Columbia University". CAIR's Hollywood Office is just as horrifying, though not so surprising, unfortunately.

For ONE television show that isn't scared to show Islamic terrorists for who they are, see The Unit on CBS. A recent episode where one of the members of the Unit's daughter, an American soldier stationed in Iraq, is kidnapped by Muslim terrorists was particularly well done.

The Muslim terrorists and, more to the point here, the CAIR people, know that the news media is particularly stupid when it comes to describing criminals. It was the news media, prompted by lawyers back in the 60's, who started the embarassing trend of calling people wielding pistols on live TV "alleged gunmen," (um, I think we can see that they are gunmen there), etc.

So they knew that a few emails or letters complaining about any use of the word "muslim" would most likely be successful in newsroom USA.

There are two things that most news bosses really fear: angry letters and getting sued.

Why they fear angry letters is pure egotism over sense, since lots of angry letters mean SOMEONE is watching your network or reading your paper... kind of the point, no?

Getting sued is scary I admit, but the law really protects the news media in almost every case. Good luck getting a journalism outfit to pay up for making you look bad. You have to prove real malice. For example, if the news media had decided to take the Richard Jewell case to court, he never would have won because they made a stupid mistake without malice. But NBC and Atlanta Journal Constitution figured they'd cut their losses and they felt guilty. In that case, rightfully so, but it's disgusting that they to want to feel the same remorse for heartless killers.

The point is, the easily intimidated newsmedia is one thing... but now our politicians are just as afraid. Great.

Robert

I observed your blog during and since the Mumbai atrocity and I commend you for your posts. I wanted to comment on a couple of occasions but I decided I didn't have the vocabulary to describe how disgusted I felt about the whole thing.

I suppose the most dominant thought I have is how under siege Jews must feel when you consider that Pakistani terrorists attacking India decided to murder some of India's miniscule Jewish population while they were at it. The incident confirmed in my mind that when the likes of Hamas and Hezbollah attack Israel, they are doing so not to liberate the west bank and Gaza but to liberate Tel Aviv and Haifa.

I do however want to confront you about the contents of your above post as its an issue that bothers me greatly. Look I get it, I really do. You feel that Europe is soft and that we would prefer to bury our heads in the sand rather than confront an aggressor. And you believe that our appeasement mentality is going to come back and bite us on the arse as it already has done in London and Madrid. I agree with this. I for one have never been afraid to call Islamic terrorism for what it is. But if you actually think that the parliamentary democracies of Europe are going to be overthrown by militant Muslims living in our midst then you're not really in the game here as far as this debate is concerned. I mean that with all sincerity and respect. You have simply got it wrong here and people who support this theory to such an extent come across foolishly. Its like a right wing version of "the world trade center was brought down by a controlled demolition", it just doesn't add up.

I can only speak expertly on my own country, and you are expecting me to accept your calculations that by the time I'm a middle aged man my country is going to be ruled by Muslim terrorists. I have my finger very close to the pulse on this one. Of the 40,000 Muslims living in Ireland there are very few that hold extremist views and it appears that none of these are willing to act on them.

I understand how bewildered you must feel when you see images of mad imans protesting aggressively in Leister square but do you really think the British French Dutch and Danes will let things get as bad as you fear.

We will have to be tough. We will have to confront the politically correct establishment that has us paralysed when it come do dealing with immigration but Europe is strong, determined and proud and as my Israeli friend always says to me "We aint going nowhere".

Ted,

I don't think the nightmare scenario is Europe's parliamentary democracies being overthrown by militant Muslims so much as it is Europe's aging below-replacement-birth-rate population slowly succumbing to a vibrant high-birth-rate Islamic culture. I think the future of Europe will boil down to a numbers game.

Dear Robert: I've come to the conclusion that many Europeans, Englishmen in particular, are so anxious to see Israel finished off that they don't care if their countries go Islamofascist. Why don't you adapt Peter Abrahams' book Tongues of Fire? That's so sympathetic to Israel, it will give the guys in the CAIR office a stroke.

Dear Robert: I've come to the conclusion that many Europeans, Englishmen in particular, are so anxious to see Israel finished off that they don't care if their countries go Islamofascist. Why don't you adapt Peter Abrahams' book Tongues of Fire? That's so sympathetic to Israel, it will give the guys in the CAIR office a stroke.

Robert,

Even though you don't share my love of cats, I hope that you will forgive me a bit of levity of my own.

I often think that cats would be much better than many of the leaders we have today. At least they know how to deal with an enemy who is out to destroy them.

The answer is g) all of the above, simultaneously.

My favorite is the BBC's (or as I call it, "Habibi Cee:" "anti-Muslim activities."

Jonathan:

Powerful elements in the Church of England, as I understand it, are intent on being all fuzzy-wuzzy with Islam. It won't work. Islam does not view this engagement as "friendly," but as a mortal weakness to be exploited.

Frum Fem:

"The Unit" was created by David Mamet, a liberal who matured in this post 9-11 world into a Conservative. He's also a Jew who, in the past few years, has become more involved in Judaism. Mamet is also one of America's greatest writers for stage and screen. The show does not do great in the ratings, and Hollywood pretty much ignores the series when it's time to hand out the Emmy, but Mamet persists and it's a fine show.

Jake:

The media have morphed from stupidity and cowardice into terrorist enablers.

Ted:

Thanks for the articulate and generous feedback. Yes, Jews do feel under siege, and that the major newspapers did not discuss, in depth, that 10 Muslim terrorists assigned two of their number to kill Jews, well, it shows that the media don't think it's worthy of note. I also believe that the media skate past the Jew-hatred, part and parcel of Islam and Islamic terrorism, and thus betrays their fear of exposing most anti-Zionism as plain old Jew-hatred.

I greatly appreciate your feelings about Europe and especially Ireland.

I hope you're right. I think the Irish have a better chance of repelling Islam than the English. You guys are not afraid of a fight, and heck, you didn't even want to be absorbed in the dopey EU.

Good move.

However, birth rates in too many European countries are approaching negative growth for Christians, whereas Muslims have many, many more children. Add to this the immigration numbers and so the demographics do not look good.

My source for this is Mark Steyn's invaluable book: "America Alone."

Read it and let me know what you think.

Jonathan:

Yes, birth rates,immigration, and the appeasement mind-set in too many European capitals. All this worries me greatly about the future of a civilized Judea Christian Europe.

Miranda:

There is no question that Jew-hatred is on the rise in England. With so many Muslims eroding the ethical fabric of that once great country, it's almost inevitable, for Jew-hatred is built into Islam.

Some day the English will wake up and realize that they have betrayed their loyal and productive Jewish citizens for disloyal, on the dole Muslims who want nothing more than to replace English common law with the savagery of Sharia.

Rahel:

It's true I'm not a cat guy, but I'm also not a dog guy. But I have seen cats play with their prey and then make short work of them. Ouch!

Excellent.

MKagan:

Yup, 100% correct. You win!

Alex:

The BBC world view is best described as Al Jazeera with even more Jew-hatred disguised as "mere anti-Zionism."

Thanks Robert

I will do my usual trick this Christmas where I buy a book I want for a family member and then read it myself when they get bored. This year it will be Mark Steyn's "America Alone". I will let you know what I think.

Ted:

That's great. I'm anxious to hear your opinion.

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