Comments on: And, if it was Islam? http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/2009/11/12/and-if-it-was-islam/ Ron Coleman’s retired general topic blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:43:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeff Hall http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/2009/11/12/and-if-it-was-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-7426 Jeff Hall Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:25 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/?p=3495#comment-7426 > If so, then let’s focus on that point — because we aren’t about to outlaw Islam or do anything that is either constitutionally or politically impossible about it. I couldn't agree more. We defeated fascism without outlawing the Nazi Party, we defeated communism without outlawing the Communist party, for that matter we defeated the Confederacy without outlawing the Democratic Party. We can certainly oppose those tenets of the Koran that conflict with our values and with the survival of our political institutions without violating the first amendment. This is a problem we've faced before; it's probably a problem that every democracy must expect to fact from time time if it wants to survive. > If so, then let’s focus on that point — because we aren’t about to outlaw Islam or do anything that is either constitutionally or politically impossible about it.

I couldn’t agree more. We defeated fascism without outlawing the Nazi
Party, we defeated communism without outlawing the Communist party, for that matter we defeated the Confederacy without outlawing the Democratic Party. We can certainly oppose those tenets of the Koran that conflict with our values and with the survival of our political institutions without violating the first amendment.

This is a problem we’ve faced before; it’s probably a problem that every democracy must expect to fact from time time if it wants to survive.

]]> By: Bob Miller http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/2009/11/12/and-if-it-was-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-7230 Bob Miller Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:18:54 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/?p=3495#comment-7230 I gather from this that one strategy is to get Muslims not to take the Koran too seriously. I gather from this that one strategy is to get Muslims not to take the Koran too seriously.

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