[Waverley ARS] Concerning Point of View - Am I a Racist?

[Colin Marks]

Jim
I agree heartily with the facts and sentiments in the statement you reproduced.
It reminded me of the famous poem (originally in German when it no doubt sounded more poetic) attributed to German Christian Pastor Niemoller in 1946 who opposed the Nazis (and was sent to a concentration camp for his trouble). His target in particular was German intellectuals who failed to speak out despite the dictates of their consciences.

  They came first for the Communists, 
  and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. 
  Then they came for the Jews, 
  and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. 
  Then they came for the trade unionists, 
  and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. 
  Then they came for the Catholics, 
  and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant 
  Then they came for me, 
  and by that time no one was left to speak up. 
It may also be useful to quote the great Edmund Burke:

    "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"

Colin       VK2LV

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Ayling 
  To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@mailavas2.pacific.net.au 
  Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:54 PM
  Subject: Fw: Concerning Point of View - Am I a Racist?


           A man whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude  toward fanaticism.
   
           "Very few people were true Nazis "he said," but many enjoyed the  return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one  of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools.  So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen.  Then, before we knew it,  they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories."
   
           We are told again and again by "experts" and "talking heads" that  Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims  just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant.  It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the specter of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.  
   

  The fact is that the  fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history.

  It is the fanatics who march.  

  It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. 

  It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. 

  It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honour kill.  It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque.  

  It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. 

  The hard quantifiable fact is that the "peaceful majority", the "silent majority", is cowed and extraneous.
   
           Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the  murder of about 20 million people.  The peaceful majority were  irrelevant.  

  China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese  Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.
   
           The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist.  Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel  and bayonet.  

  Who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery? Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were "peace loving"?
   
           History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence.  Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun. Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghanis, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority  did not speak up until it was too late. 

  As for us who watch it all unfold; we must pay attention to the only group that counts; the fanatics who threaten our  way of life.
   
             Lastly, at the risk of offending, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on, is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand.


             England has almost surrendered to the Islamic wave having more than 130 new mosques built in 2005 and proposed 100 to be built in 2006 - in 2007 the count was 843 prayer meeting places with howling/wailing towers across England.
   
             So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on!
   
             Let us hope that thousands, worldwide, read this - think about it - and send it on.


            (Author Unknown)