Posted by
Noel Gibeson on Friday, March 23, 2007 8:53:15 PM
Oftentimes in life we are confronted with difficult choices; choices between good and evil, or between evil and greater evil. However, the choice between evil and greater evil may be the time when we may be most challenged, most tried.
In confronting the evil of Jihadism, we are confronted by evil at its worst. To believe otherwise would be naïve. But there are those who would say just that; that we are more evil than the Jihadists. Those are the ‘appeasers’ and they are scary and dangerous people. In western democracies they can be found on the Left.
These photographs were taken at the ‘Religion of Peace’ (or Islamic) demonstration on February 6, 2006 outside the Danish Embassy in London, England. The word ‘islam’ derives from the Arabic root, sin-lam-mim, which carries the basic meaning of safety and peace. This demonstration was the result of a Danish newspaper publishing a cartoon of Mohammed that Muslims found offensive. During this period Muslims murdered a number of people in different parts of the world because of the cartoon, including a Catholic priest.
In the United States and elsewhere in the Western world, we value our freedom, including the right of free speech. We realize that sometimes, perhaps even oftentimes, someone’s right to free speech may trample on values that another person holds dear. For example, in the U.S. sometimes protesters will burn an American flag as part of their protest. Other people find this offensive; I know I certainly do as a former career U.S. Marine Corps officer. However, I would fight to protect their right of free expression. Here is the rest of the story….
Noel Gibeson
RNC member