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		<title>By: Hikaru</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hikaru]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 09:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The one that invaded Iraq was made of a group of people, so there is a possibility that some of them did kill innocent people. Have you seen pictures and articles that proves them killing, raping, and degrading people? It was not a flaw of the country nor belief, some human are just animal.

Regardless, Muslim have no right to kill innocent non-Muslim. In fact, even in a war, Muslim should not invades or kill people that stays inside church, temple, etc. Also Islam forbid killing women and children even during a war. A Muslim is only allowed to kill non-Muslim that mean harm towards Islam only (defensive wars). So all the suicide bomber acts were utterly useless. They did not only kill innocent people but also commit suicide. If they&#039;re truly upset with the mass killing in Iraq, they should join the war itself, take up a gun, and kill all those animal.



Those terrorist that claimed that they act for Islam is just a bunch of pitiful madman bomber. They had no chance to truly understand their own religion and died by carrying a lot of sins.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The one that invaded Iraq was made of a group of people, so there is a possibility that some of them did kill innocent people. Have you seen pictures and articles that proves them killing, raping, and degrading people? It was not a flaw of the country nor belief, some human are just animal.</p>
<p>Regardless, Muslim have no right to kill innocent non-Muslim. In fact, even in a war, Muslim should not invades or kill people that stays inside church, temple, etc. Also Islam forbid killing women and children even during a war. A Muslim is only allowed to kill non-Muslim that mean harm towards Islam only (defensive wars). So all the suicide bomber acts were utterly useless. They did not only kill innocent people but also commit suicide. If they&#8217;re truly upset with the mass killing in Iraq, they should join the war itself, take up a gun, and kill all those animal.</p>
<p>Those terrorist that claimed that they act for Islam is just a bunch of pitiful madman bomber. They had no chance to truly understand their own religion and died by carrying a lot of sins.</p>
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		<title>By: RETREAT</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are you writing boss? You think the so called SECT WARS will end? Probably they won&#039;t. 

Infact it shouldn&#039;t. That is a really good thing for us - the non muslims. If we don&#039;t keep muslims busy, fighting with each other, they will probably kill us. Example: 9/11 repeated OR boston repeated

Exactly in line with Quran 2:216

Fighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not.



Sahih international]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What are you writing boss? You think the so called SECT WARS will end? Probably they won&#8217;t. </p>
<p>Infact it shouldn&#8217;t. That is a really good thing for us &#8211; the non muslims. If we don&#8217;t keep muslims busy, fighting with each other, they will probably kill us. Example: 9/11 repeated OR boston repeated</p>
<p>Exactly in line with Quran 2:216</p>
<p>Fighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not.</p>
<p>Sahih international</p>
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		<title>By: RETREAT</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[RETREAT]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a joke! Why don&#039;t you join a Circus ??

//Americans have killed hundred of thousands of muslims in Iraq after sadam died //

So what? When Saddam was alive, he did kill a million. Million is greater than hundred of thousands. Right? By the way, is there any proof to your claim? OR you just cooked it up?

USA did invade Iraq but not to kill innocents rather to stop saddam hussein from fulfilling his evil agenda. The second issue was WMDs. The real reason why no WMD was found because it was transported to Iran via a secret route. It is still safer there. USA totally ignored that. If you have doubt, please read Iraqi newspapers for a day before USA invasion. Since, USA thought to attack those who could have WMDs; some of them have been died. Now, it is common sense that you don&#039;t suspect a totally innocent person to possess WMDs. The rule is: You first analyze who could be the real culprit and then attack. How can those killed in that war be innocent then? Just because they didn&#039;t had WMD at that time?

//and you expect the muslims in Iraq to say to &quot;thanks&quot; //

I don&#039;t. It is stupidity to expect gratitude of any kind from a muslim. No matter how much we help them, those barbarians would still conspire against us.

// and how many millions of innocent people have you guys murdered in the name of &quot;war on terror&quot; //

Let us understand this by an illustration.

&lt;b&gt; In a Forest. a lion was sleeping. A mad man came there and started teasing the lion. He disturbed the lion forcing him to get up. The furious lion ate up that mad man. Now, who is responsible for that death? &lt;/b&gt;

USA is the same lion. Sleeping and inactive. Al Qaeda was the mad man. War on Terrorism is the lion attacking the mad man. Who is responsible now? The lion (USA) who is sleeping / inactive OR the mad man (Al Qaeda) who disturbed the sleeping lion?

//if you don&#039;t see all of those BIG facts, then something is wrong with you.//

Nothing is wrong with me BUT everything seems wrong with you. 

By the way, here is a small proof of islamic terrorism: (Just copy paste in your browser)

thereligionofpeace.com]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a joke! Why don&#8217;t you join a Circus ??</p>
<p>//Americans have killed hundred of thousands of muslims in Iraq after sadam died //</p>
<p>So what? When Saddam was alive, he did kill a million. Million is greater than hundred of thousands. Right? By the way, is there any proof to your claim? OR you just cooked it up?</p>
<p>USA did invade Iraq but not to kill innocents rather to stop saddam hussein from fulfilling his evil agenda. The second issue was WMDs. The real reason why no WMD was found because it was transported to Iran via a secret route. It is still safer there. USA totally ignored that. If you have doubt, please read Iraqi newspapers for a day before USA invasion. Since, USA thought to attack those who could have WMDs; some of them have been died. Now, it is common sense that you don&#8217;t suspect a totally innocent person to possess WMDs. The rule is: You first analyze who could be the real culprit and then attack. How can those killed in that war be innocent then? Just because they didn&#8217;t had WMD at that time?</p>
<p>//and you expect the muslims in Iraq to say to &#8220;thanks&#8221; //</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t. It is stupidity to expect gratitude of any kind from a muslim. No matter how much we help them, those barbarians would still conspire against us.</p>
<p>// and how many millions of innocent people have you guys murdered in the name of &#8220;war on terror&#8221; //</p>
<p>Let us understand this by an illustration.</p>
<p><b> In a Forest. a lion was sleeping. A mad man came there and started teasing the lion. He disturbed the lion forcing him to get up. The furious lion ate up that mad man. Now, who is responsible for that death? </b></p>
<p>USA is the same lion. Sleeping and inactive. Al Qaeda was the mad man. War on Terrorism is the lion attacking the mad man. Who is responsible now? The lion (USA) who is sleeping / inactive OR the mad man (Al Qaeda) who disturbed the sleeping lion?</p>
<p>//if you don&#8217;t see all of those BIG facts, then something is wrong with you.//</p>
<p>Nothing is wrong with me BUT everything seems wrong with you. </p>
<p>By the way, here is a small proof of islamic terrorism: (Just copy paste in your browser)</p>
<p>thereligionofpeace.com</p>
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		<title>By: OfficialPro</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it with people like you and the &quot;You killed thousands of Muslims, we hate you we hate you we hate you&quot; line?  Muslims kill EACH OTHER ALL THE DAMN TIME and nobody bats an eyelash.  Nobody in the world goes &quot;You know, you germans killed thousands of Canadians/Americans/Polacks during WW II, can you figure out why Canadians/Americans/Polacks hate Germans?&quot;


How do you know &quot;innocent&quot; people got &quot;murdered&quot; in the &quot;war on Terror&quot;, let alone *millions*?


I&#039;ll tell ya this much.  In Iraq when Saddam&#039;s empire fell, there were Muslims in Baghdad ON CAMERA CHEERING BUSH.  You know why?  Because Bush put down the regime that WAS KILLING THOUSANDS OF IRAQIS ON A DAMN DAILY BASIS, just for having the wrong brand of Islam. In case you didn&#039;t get the memo, Shi&#039;ites and Sunnis freaking HATE each other and want each other DEAD as &quot;apostates&quot; over something as frivolous as who Mohammed&#039;s successor REALLY was.


This whole &quot;Americans etc killed x number of Muslims therefore Muslims hate you&quot; thing is ILLOGICAL.  America doesn&#039;t kill &quot;muslims&quot;, they kill enemy combatants.  And terrorists. And maybe a bomb hits somewhere it&#039;s not supposed to and accidentally kills someone.  That&#039;s why they call it an ACCIDENT, it&#039;s NOT an &quot;On Purpose&quot;!  Why do idiots keep insisting on acting like an accidental death of innocents is deliberate?  Maybe you need to call into the Alex Jones show.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is it with people like you and the &#8220;You killed thousands of Muslims, we hate you we hate you we hate you&#8221; line?  Muslims kill EACH OTHER ALL THE DAMN TIME and nobody bats an eyelash.  Nobody in the world goes &#8220;You know, you germans killed thousands of Canadians/Americans/Polacks during WW II, can you figure out why Canadians/Americans/Polacks hate Germans?&#8221;</p>
<p>How do you know &#8220;innocent&#8221; people got &#8220;murdered&#8221; in the &#8220;war on Terror&#8221;, let alone *millions*?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll tell ya this much.  In Iraq when Saddam&#8217;s empire fell, there were Muslims in Baghdad ON CAMERA CHEERING BUSH.  You know why?  Because Bush put down the regime that WAS KILLING THOUSANDS OF IRAQIS ON A DAMN DAILY BASIS, just for having the wrong brand of Islam. In case you didn&#8217;t get the memo, Shi&#8217;ites and Sunnis freaking HATE each other and want each other DEAD as &#8220;apostates&#8221; over something as frivolous as who Mohammed&#8217;s successor REALLY was.</p>
<p>This whole &#8220;Americans etc killed x number of Muslims therefore Muslims hate you&#8221; thing is ILLOGICAL.  America doesn&#8217;t kill &#8220;muslims&#8221;, they kill enemy combatants.  And terrorists. And maybe a bomb hits somewhere it&#8217;s not supposed to and accidentally kills someone.  That&#8217;s why they call it an ACCIDENT, it&#8217;s NOT an &#8220;On Purpose&#8221;!  Why do idiots keep insisting on acting like an accidental death of innocents is deliberate?  Maybe you need to call into the Alex Jones show.</p>
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		<title>By: Abdi</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans have killed hundred of thousands of muslims in Iraq after sadam died, and you expect the muslims in Iraq to say to &quot;thanks&quot;. and how many millions of innocent people have you guys murdered in the name of &quot;war on terror&quot;. if you don&#039;t see all of those BIG facts, then something is wrong with you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Americans have killed hundred of thousands of muslims in Iraq after sadam died, and you expect the muslims in Iraq to say to &#8220;thanks&#8221;. and how many millions of innocent people have you guys murdered in the name of &#8220;war on terror&#8221;. if you don&#8217;t see all of those BIG facts, then something is wrong with you.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anonymous]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I consider myself liberal on many issues: immigration, social services, the rights of lesbians and gays, abortion, women&#039;s rights, animal rights, racial equality, separation of church and state and tolerance. I have never been sympathetic to extremist  Muslim terrorists nor have I ever felt Islam was a peaceful faith. I vote democratic, but am sickened by Muslim apologists. I think water boarding is torture but I&#039;d gladly watch the executions of every jihadist who ever made me scared to leave my home. I don&#039;t know where that puts me politically, but people are not left or right, black or white. Don&#039;t call the apologists &quot;left&quot; or &quot;progressive.&quot; Call them traitors.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I consider myself liberal on many issues: immigration, social services, the rights of lesbians and gays, abortion, women&#039;s rights, animal rights, racial equality, separation of church and state and tolerance. I have never been sympathetic to extremist  Muslim terrorists nor have I ever felt Islam was a peaceful faith. I vote democratic, but am sickened by Muslim apologists. I think water boarding is torture but I&#039;d gladly watch the executions of every jihadist who ever made me scared to leave my home. I don&#039;t know where that puts me politically, but people are not left or right, black or white. Don&#039;t call the apologists &quot;left&quot; or &quot;progressive.&quot; Call them traitors.  </p>
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		<title>By: Ruth Ben-Or</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Ben-Or]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It shouldn&#039;t have a damn thing to do with it, but blaming Jews or Zionists goes with blaming the USA or the West, its a &quot;progressive&quot; article of faith. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It shouldn&#039;t have a damn thing to do with it, but blaming Jews or Zionists goes with blaming the USA or the West, its a &quot;progressive&quot; article of faith. </p>
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		<title>By: psyteam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THORNTON: EX NIHILO NIHIL FIT: PART ONE 
Most people of normal sensibilities are able to set aside their treasured ideological meme or personal agenda in the face of real tragedy. Not so, the logorrheic  Bruce Thornton. Indeed, this appears to be an article written by an archetypal conservative, in which anything CAN be exploited&#8211;even the recent murder and maiming of children&#8212;if it advances an anti-liberal political agenda. This is a classic illustration of incestuous amplification &#8211; the echo chamber by which the conservative, anti-intellectual thought process, is advanced.  
 
But, to quote Thornton &#8220;Quell Surprise:&#8221; In much the same fashion, the conservative Bush war machine similarly exploited both the human tragedy and sequelae of fear surrounding of 911. Indeed, by doctoring intelligence reports, fabricating false linkages between Iraq and al Qaeda, conjuring horrific images (&#8220;Mushroom clouds&#8221;-Condoleezza Rice) and spewing out mantric chants of war, the hegemonic Bush regime effortlessly created a casus belli for military action against Iraq. And when questioned about his actions, Bush Jr., with dictatorial hubris, even brazenly admitted Iraq had never been linked to 911.  The rest, of course, is history: The entire administration subsequently wrapped itself in the flag, and then hid behind the protection of the Military Commissions Act&#8212;the latter most certainly enacted to avoid later indictments for war crimes related to numerous human rights&#8217; violations&#8212;including, but not limited to torture.  
 
Much more  important here though is one simple fact, Mr. Thornton, which you may chose to ignore: YOUR COUNTRY&#8217;S OWN CIA CONDEMNED PROJECT IRAQI FREEDOM&#8212;a stratagem of war  adopted by  Paul Wolfowitz, and taken directly from the drawing board of brutal Chilean dictator Pinochet. Specifically, the CIA said it was a misguided action, which was directly responsible for further radicalizing Islamic extremism on a global basis. Perhaps some history is germane, after al. 
 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THORNTON: EX NIHILO NIHIL FIT: PART ONE<br />
Most people of normal sensibilities are able to set aside their treasured ideological meme or personal agenda in the face of real tragedy. Not so, the logorrheic  Bruce Thornton. Indeed, this appears to be an article written by an archetypal conservative, in which anything CAN be exploited&ndash;even the recent murder and maiming of children&mdash;if it advances an anti-liberal political agenda. This is a classic illustration of incestuous amplification &ndash; the echo chamber by which the conservative, anti-intellectual thought process, is advanced.  </p>
<p>But, to quote Thornton &ldquo;Quell Surprise:&rdquo; In much the same fashion, the conservative Bush war machine similarly exploited both the human tragedy and sequelae of fear surrounding of 911. Indeed, by doctoring intelligence reports, fabricating false linkages between Iraq and al Qaeda, conjuring horrific images (&ldquo;Mushroom clouds&rdquo;-Condoleezza Rice) and spewing out mantric chants of war, the hegemonic Bush regime effortlessly created a casus belli for military action against Iraq. And when questioned about his actions, Bush Jr., with dictatorial hubris, even brazenly admitted Iraq had never been linked to 911.  The rest, of course, is history: The entire administration subsequently wrapped itself in the flag, and then hid behind the protection of the Military Commissions Act&mdash;the latter most certainly enacted to avoid later indictments for war crimes related to numerous human rights&rsquo; violations&mdash;including, but not limited to torture.  </p>
<p>Much more  important here though is one simple fact, Mr. Thornton, which you may chose to ignore: YOUR COUNTRY&rsquo;S OWN CIA CONDEMNED PROJECT IRAQI FREEDOM&mdash;a stratagem of war  adopted by  Paul Wolfowitz, and taken directly from the drawing board of brutal Chilean dictator Pinochet. Specifically, the CIA said it was a misguided action, which was directly responsible for further radicalizing Islamic extremism on a global basis. Perhaps some history is germane, after al. </p>
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		<title>By: psyvant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Front Page won&#039;t print Part one of my post? Why?  No profanity used, No ad hominem attacks.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Front Page won&#039;t print Part one of my post? Why?  No profanity used, No ad hominem attacks.  </p>
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		<title>By: psyvant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THORNTON: EX NIHILO NIHIL FIT - PART TWO 
Within an historical context, then, Thornton&#8217;s rather odd jeremiad therefore takes on a bit more significance: By assailing what he apparently believes is a monolithic and ongoing liberal apologia for Islamic Terrorism, he reveals not simply his principal objective&#8212;that of generating more fear&#8212;but the tremendous intellectual deficits inherent in conservative problem-solving on any level, of any topic.   
 
Still, one could ordinarily dismiss Thornton&#8217;s piece as trivial: An essentially minor and dull political essay, ineffectual and transparent at best, it much more effectively demonstrates an especially objectionable pseudo intellectual pedantry. But, really: Does this article do anything other than serve to further  deepen the ideological void in American society? Well, yes and no; I&#8217;ll get to that.  
 
 But&#8212;and this is important&#8212;something intrinsically disturbing does emerge from this quasi-political dalliance:  It fosters ignorance. In fact, it is predicated upon&#8212;and directed toward&#8212;the  peculiarly philistine anti-intellectualism of the American (conservative) mind, which simply cannot embrace a world in other than completely binary terms. There are no gradients in that world, no flexibility of thought, no way to subtilize experience. This, I believe, is Mr. Thornton&#8217;s target demographic. 
 
At first, I thought, well, it will be a simple enough task to simply deconstruct his faulty premises, syllogistic errors or obvious gaffes.  Then, I reread it:  It is, quite simply, a word salad.  Put another way, the man has strung together nearly every catch phrase, shibboleth and obligatory polysyllabism extant in mainstream print in a vainglorious attempt to make his point&#8212;and still accomplishes only one thing: The uniquely conservative predilection for seeking refuge from highly complex sociopolitical issues in simplistic, almost puerile, terms: Islam is Evil, Thornton seems to be saying. Perhaps he&#8217;s correct. But then one must ask: How does his obfusatory rant advance either our understanding of radicalization and/or it&#8217;s potentially complex etiological links to a multidisciplinary array of other issues?  
 
The point is, once I understood Thornton&#8217;s perspective, negotiating his diatribe became infinitely more manageable. He&#8212;like his conservative brethren&#8212;simply avoid the facts by ignoring them.  But they don&#8217;t ignore facts because they&#8217;re necessarily bad or stupid people. The conservative mind simply works at a disadvantage when confronting difficult concepts.  
 
Putting it plainly, Thornton dismisses, out of hand, the following: Concepts such as PTSD-related behaviors, especially as related to children from war-ravaged countries (the Boston case); The taxonomy of mental disorders (DSM-IV and V); Epigenetics; Nascent sciences like neurotheology; Well studied and documented maladaptive behaviors associated with emigration&#8212;none of these appear to be on Mr. Thornton&#8217;s radar. For that matter, the Brookings Institution has even arrived at conclusions such as &#8220;failure to socially integrate&#8221;, et al&#8212;with respect to the Boston incident. And those are folks that even the brilliant Mr. Thornton might have to concede significant IQ points.    
 
Indeed, understanding and dealing with the horrific problem of Islamic terrorism will require not simply an examination or indictment of any particular religion, whether it be Abrahamic,  Dharmic or, for that matter, Scientology.  We need instead  to rigorously  examine the evolutionary psychology of religion. Is it an adaptation? A phenotype? Or, frankly, as I suspect, is it a manifestation of psychotic neuropathology? Certainly, Thornton might agree it cannot be bombed out of existence by Obama&#8217;s &#8220;precision-targeted&#8221; drone strikes (which, of course, cause no collateral damage). Nor, is it likely that either jingoistic posturing or President Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Kum ba yah&#8221; appeasement will work. In this one respect, Thornton is deadly on target: Radicalized Islamic terrorists mean to kill us. But, should we terrified?  
 
In the final analysis, Thornton doesn&#039;t answer this. Instead, he offers nothing but criticism of how the rest of us &#8220;dullards&#8221; have attempted to solve the problem of Islamic Fundamentalist-driven terror.  His is an approach which, instead,  typifies the academic insularity endemic to specialization. One wonders, for example, if Thornton has even heard of the Milgram experiment on &#8220;Obedience to authority figures.&#8221;  
 
Overall then, Thornton&#8217;s piece, inspires&#8212;at least in the educated mind&#8212;a Cartesian response: &quot;Ex nihilo nihil fit.&quot;  Yes, I know they mean to kill us, Bruce. And, no, you provided me no enlightenment or path to it.  
 
But I&#8217;ll concede this:  Thornton concludes his exegesis with an interesting statement:  
 
&#8220;In short, expect more public reasons for the jihadists to believe we are weak and corrupt and thus deserving to die.&#8221; 
 
To which I would respond: Do you mean like shutting down an entire city of some 1 million residents because of the actions of 2 obviously psychotic individuals? Yes, that does send precisely the wrong message. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THORNTON: EX NIHILO NIHIL FIT &#8211; PART TWO<br />
Within an historical context, then, Thornton&rsquo;s rather odd jeremiad therefore takes on a bit more significance: By assailing what he apparently believes is a monolithic and ongoing liberal apologia for Islamic Terrorism, he reveals not simply his principal objective&mdash;that of generating more fear&mdash;but the tremendous intellectual deficits inherent in conservative problem-solving on any level, of any topic.   </p>
<p>Still, one could ordinarily dismiss Thornton&rsquo;s piece as trivial: An essentially minor and dull political essay, ineffectual and transparent at best, it much more effectively demonstrates an especially objectionable pseudo intellectual pedantry. But, really: Does this article do anything other than serve to further  deepen the ideological void in American society? Well, yes and no; I&rsquo;ll get to that.  </p>
<p> But&mdash;and this is important&mdash;something intrinsically disturbing does emerge from this quasi-political dalliance:  It fosters ignorance. In fact, it is predicated upon&mdash;and directed toward&mdash;the  peculiarly philistine anti-intellectualism of the American (conservative) mind, which simply cannot embrace a world in other than completely binary terms. There are no gradients in that world, no flexibility of thought, no way to subtilize experience. This, I believe, is Mr. Thornton&rsquo;s target demographic. </p>
<p>At first, I thought, well, it will be a simple enough task to simply deconstruct his faulty premises, syllogistic errors or obvious gaffes.  Then, I reread it:  It is, quite simply, a word salad.  Put another way, the man has strung together nearly every catch phrase, shibboleth and obligatory polysyllabism extant in mainstream print in a vainglorious attempt to make his point&mdash;and still accomplishes only one thing: The uniquely conservative predilection for seeking refuge from highly complex sociopolitical issues in simplistic, almost puerile, terms: Islam is Evil, Thornton seems to be saying. Perhaps he&rsquo;s correct. But then one must ask: How does his obfusatory rant advance either our understanding of radicalization and/or it&rsquo;s potentially complex etiological links to a multidisciplinary array of other issues?  </p>
<p>The point is, once I understood Thornton&rsquo;s perspective, negotiating his diatribe became infinitely more manageable. He&mdash;like his conservative brethren&mdash;simply avoid the facts by ignoring them.  But they don&rsquo;t ignore facts because they&rsquo;re necessarily bad or stupid people. The conservative mind simply works at a disadvantage when confronting difficult concepts.  </p>
<p>Putting it plainly, Thornton dismisses, out of hand, the following: Concepts such as PTSD-related behaviors, especially as related to children from war-ravaged countries (the Boston case); The taxonomy of mental disorders (DSM-IV and V); Epigenetics; Nascent sciences like neurotheology; Well studied and documented maladaptive behaviors associated with emigration&mdash;none of these appear to be on Mr. Thornton&rsquo;s radar. For that matter, the Brookings Institution has even arrived at conclusions such as &ldquo;failure to socially integrate&rdquo;, et al&mdash;with respect to the Boston incident. And those are folks that even the brilliant Mr. Thornton might have to concede significant IQ points.    </p>
<p>Indeed, understanding and dealing with the horrific problem of Islamic terrorism will require not simply an examination or indictment of any particular religion, whether it be Abrahamic,  Dharmic or, for that matter, Scientology.  We need instead  to rigorously  examine the evolutionary psychology of religion. Is it an adaptation? A phenotype? Or, frankly, as I suspect, is it a manifestation of psychotic neuropathology? Certainly, Thornton might agree it cannot be bombed out of existence by Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;precision-targeted&rdquo; drone strikes (which, of course, cause no collateral damage). Nor, is it likely that either jingoistic posturing or President Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;Kum ba yah&rdquo; appeasement will work. In this one respect, Thornton is deadly on target: Radicalized Islamic terrorists mean to kill us. But, should we terrified?  </p>
<p>In the final analysis, Thornton doesn&#039;t answer this. Instead, he offers nothing but criticism of how the rest of us &ldquo;dullards&rdquo; have attempted to solve the problem of Islamic Fundamentalist-driven terror.  His is an approach which, instead,  typifies the academic insularity endemic to specialization. One wonders, for example, if Thornton has even heard of the Milgram experiment on &ldquo;Obedience to authority figures.&rdquo;  </p>
<p>Overall then, Thornton&rsquo;s piece, inspires&mdash;at least in the educated mind&mdash;a Cartesian response: &quot;Ex nihilo nihil fit.&quot;  Yes, I know they mean to kill us, Bruce. And, no, you provided me no enlightenment or path to it.  </p>
<p>But I&rsquo;ll concede this:  Thornton concludes his exegesis with an interesting statement:  </p>
<p>&ldquo;In short, expect more public reasons for the jihadists to believe we are weak and corrupt and thus deserving to die.&rdquo; </p>
<p>To which I would respond: Do you mean like shutting down an entire city of some 1 million residents because of the actions of 2 obviously psychotic individuals? Yes, that does send precisely the wrong message. </p>
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		<title>By: defcon 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifth column. ]]></description>
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		<title>By: James</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#039;s cut to the chase on this one. Islam is not a religion. It&#039;s a mental illness so therefore, delusional incompetent buffoons who fall for this crap needs to check themselves into a mental health facility.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#039;s cut to the chase on this one. Islam is not a religion. It&#039;s a mental illness so therefore, delusional incompetent buffoons who fall for this crap needs to check themselves into a mental health facility.  </p>
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		<title>By: tagalog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s true that they are/were Muslims, but there&#039;s no doubt that they&#039;re Caucasian.  Literally. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#039;s true that they are/were Muslims, but there&#039;s no doubt that they&#039;re Caucasian.  Literally. </p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islam is a horrid, repressive and violent religion and the source of the Islamic world&#039;s backwardness and misery.   
 
AND, throughout the heart of the Islamic world, the US and the West have been involved in a lot of really rotten meddling, manipulation, coups, wars, support of tyranny and oppression of these people.   
 
A sick people are reacting sickly to understandable rage against West and modernity.   
 
Yes kids, both things can exist, and acknowledging that the US and West have made some very serious mistakes in that part of the world does not make me &quot;anti-American&quot; or &quot;pro-jihadist&quot; or &quot;communist&quot; or whatever idiocy you decide to spew at me.   
 
It is fundamentalists who believe &quot;their side&quot; is fully, completely pure, and keeps them from learning lessons and altering course.  Sort of like, well, fundamentalist Islamists. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Islam is a horrid, repressive and violent religion and the source of the Islamic world&#039;s backwardness and misery.   </p>
<p>AND, throughout the heart of the Islamic world, the US and the West have been involved in a lot of really rotten meddling, manipulation, coups, wars, support of tyranny and oppression of these people.   </p>
<p>A sick people are reacting sickly to understandable rage against West and modernity.   </p>
<p>Yes kids, both things can exist, and acknowledging that the US and West have made some very serious mistakes in that part of the world does not make me &quot;anti-American&quot; or &quot;pro-jihadist&quot; or &quot;communist&quot; or whatever idiocy you decide to spew at me.   </p>
<p>It is fundamentalists who believe &quot;their side&quot; is fully, completely pure, and keeps them from learning lessons and altering course.  Sort of like, well, fundamentalist Islamists. </p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kafir, you&#039;re the type of idiot who, after 9/11, would assault Sihks, cuz they worse turbans and beards so they GOTTA be Muslim terrorists!   
 
You&#039;re a perfect example of someone who does not deserve the gift of democracy, so willing are you to take it away from others the moment you get scared.  You are truly anti-American.   ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kafir, you&#039;re the type of idiot who, after 9/11, would assault Sihks, cuz they worse turbans and beards so they GOTTA be Muslim terrorists!   </p>
<p>You&#039;re a perfect example of someone who does not deserve the gift of democracy, so willing are you to take it away from others the moment you get scared.  You are truly anti-American.   </p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great idea, Kafir:  let&#039;s do every single thing we can do to alienate and enrage American-born Muslims, make them feel hated and apart from the mainstream American society, so that it can make it easier for them to become terrorists.   
 
Oh wait!  All Muslims are either terrorists or would-be terrorists in this Front Page insane asylum.   ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great idea, Kafir:  let&#039;s do every single thing we can do to alienate and enrage American-born Muslims, make them feel hated and apart from the mainstream American society, so that it can make it easier for them to become terrorists.   </p>
<p>Oh wait!  All Muslims are either terrorists or would-be terrorists in this Front Page insane asylum.   </p>
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		<title>By: Tom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hos in the world do you get from Thornton&#039;s argument to this nonsense.  By your reasoning, I could never hire anyone.  It&#039;s a SAFETY issue, people!  Not all, but some Christians go ka-boom.....no, wait....Not all, but some atheists go ka-boom....no....I&#039;ve got it....Not all, but some Buddhists go boom.  In fact, not all, but some humans go ka-boom - so NEVER take a human as a friend.  NEVER allow your children or pets to come in contact with a muslim.  For safety&#039;s sake.  Just watch them. Look at them. See what they are doing. Stare!  If it makes them uncomfortable, so be it. It&#039;s all about safety. 
 
Believe it or not, one can agree with Thornton&#039;s argument - that we would be a lot better off facing the truth about the motivation behind many (but not all) recent acts of terrorism without resorting to the kind of knee-jerk reactions that you are advocating. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hos in the world do you get from Thornton&#039;s argument to this nonsense.  By your reasoning, I could never hire anyone.  It&#039;s a SAFETY issue, people!  Not all, but some Christians go ka-boom&#8230;..no, wait&#8230;.Not all, but some atheists go ka-boom&#8230;.no&#8230;.I&#039;ve got it&#8230;.Not all, but some Buddhists go boom.  In fact, not all, but some humans go ka-boom &#8211; so NEVER take a human as a friend.  NEVER allow your children or pets to come in contact with a muslim.  For safety&#039;s sake.  Just watch them. Look at them. See what they are doing. Stare!  If it makes them uncomfortable, so be it. It&#039;s all about safety. </p>
<p>Believe it or not, one can agree with Thornton&#039;s argument &#8211; that we would be a lot better off facing the truth about the motivation behind many (but not all) recent acts of terrorism without resorting to the kind of knee-jerk reactions that you are advocating. </p>
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		<title>By: defcon 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Either that or islamophobic websites that feature news stories and Opeds that portray islam in a negative light. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Either that or islamophobic websites that feature news stories and Opeds that portray islam in a negative light. </p>
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		<title>By: jstan442</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jstan442]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[muslims have not even given the world a decent &#039;religion&#039; to compare with ALL other religions--pl go to a muslim country and be a dhimmi for them--i as an american would enjoy your servitude to them--then they can use your family as target practice instead of americans who are running in a race ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>muslims have not even given the world a decent &#039;religion&#039; to compare with ALL other religions&#8211;pl go to a muslim country and be a dhimmi for them&#8211;i as an american would enjoy your servitude to them&#8211;then they can use your family as target practice instead of americans who are running in a race </p>
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		<title>By: Michael Copeland</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Copeland]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surely it is all because of a video on the internet, isn&#039;t it, Hillary? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Surely it is all because of a video on the internet, isn&#039;t it, Hillary? </p>
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