According to a report in the Deccan (India) Chronicle, a Libyan father -- a Muslim -- slit the throats of his three teenage daughters in an "honour killing" after they were raped by troops loyal to the Mad Colonel during the siege of the port city of Misrata.
The shocking incident was noted in a report by Physicians for Human Rights into war crimes and atrocities in the embattled city, which for two months was cut off from the rest of Libya. The report suggests that the father carried out the honour killings after facing humiliation and shame over the rape of his 15-, 17- and 18-year-old daughters.
The Boston-based human rights group has concluded that there was widespread evidence of war crimes committed by both sides during the siege. “Four eyewitnesses reported that (Gaddafi) troops forcibly detained 107 civilians and used them as human shields to guard military munitions from NATO attacks south of Misrata,” the report said.
A huge controversy emerged earlier this year after a woman named Al-Obeidi claimed that she was raped by Gaddafi's men. She later moved to the US. Reports also emerged that Gaddafi troops and loyalists were issued Viagra-type drugs to sustain their systematic rape campaign. Whether or not the drugs were obtained from online pharmacies could not be immediately ascertained.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The peaceful majority: silence and passivity make us irrelevant
Thanks to Agent 38 for sending along "A German view of Islam", some comments attributed to Dr. Emanuel Tanay, "a well-known and respected German psychiatrist". Walt has done a little checking on this piece (which has been on the Internet for over four years) and suspects the real author is Paul Marek, a second-generation Canadian from Saskatchewan, whose grandparents fled Czechoslovakia just prior to the Nazi takeover.
"Why the peaceful majority is irrelevant" appeared on 18 March 2007 on Arutz Sheva, a website devoted to "Israel national news". It remains a clear and convincing explanation of the rise of and reasons for Muslim (and other) terrorism. The author's references to history are accurate and clear. Walt sees it as worth publishing again, in its entirety.
I used to know a man whose family were German aristocracy prior to World War II. They owned a number of large industries and estates. I asked him how many German people were true Nazis, and the answer he gave has stuck with me and guided my attitude toward fanaticism ever since.
“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 unquantified 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. [My emphasis. Walt] It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars world wide. 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, behea d, murder, or execute honor killings. 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” is the “silent majority,” and it 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 war-mongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across Southeast Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians - most killed by sword, shovel and bayonet.
And 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 the fanatics. 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, Bosnians, 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, watching it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts: the fanatics who threaten our way of life. [Again, my emphasis. Walt]
A lot of truth in that. Ignoring, or by our passivity and tolerance (in the name of diversity and understanding) supporting fanatics allows them to continue their destructive mission.
We have the same problem today with the small group of radical leftists and one-worlders who have wormed their way into positions of power here in North America. The majority of Americans and Canadians just don't have the will or the courage to take their countries back. Thus we are paying the price of our ignorance and lethargy in allowing this band of thieves, radicals and "social democrats" to promote their own brand of tyranny.
Anyone who doubts that the issue is serious, without at least speaking up and trying to do something to counter it, just feeds the passivity that allows this cancer in our society to grow and spread.
So, Walt asks you to do just one small thing today. Even if you're not the type who sends FWDs to your friends and acquaintances, copy the URL of today's post and send the link to everyone on your mailing list. Let us hope that thousands, world-wide, read this and think about it. Pass it on, before it's too late.
"Why the peaceful majority is irrelevant" appeared on 18 March 2007 on Arutz Sheva, a website devoted to "Israel national news". It remains a clear and convincing explanation of the rise of and reasons for Muslim (and other) terrorism. The author's references to history are accurate and clear. Walt sees it as worth publishing again, in its entirety.
I used to know a man whose family were German aristocracy prior to World War II. They owned a number of large industries and estates. I asked him how many German people were true Nazis, and the answer he gave has stuck with me and guided my attitude toward fanaticism ever since.
“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 unquantified 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. [My emphasis. Walt] It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars world wide. 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, behea d, murder, or execute honor killings. 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” is the “silent majority,” and it 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 war-mongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across Southeast Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians - most killed by sword, shovel and bayonet.
And 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 the fanatics. 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, Bosnians, 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, watching it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts: the fanatics who threaten our way of life. [Again, my emphasis. Walt]
A lot of truth in that. Ignoring, or by our passivity and tolerance (in the name of diversity and understanding) supporting fanatics allows them to continue their destructive mission.
We have the same problem today with the small group of radical leftists and one-worlders who have wormed their way into positions of power here in North America. The majority of Americans and Canadians just don't have the will or the courage to take their countries back. Thus we are paying the price of our ignorance and lethargy in allowing this band of thieves, radicals and "social democrats" to promote their own brand of tyranny.
Anyone who doubts that the issue is serious, without at least speaking up and trying to do something to counter it, just feeds the passivity that allows this cancer in our society to grow and spread.
So, Walt asks you to do just one small thing today. Even if you're not the type who sends FWDs to your friends and acquaintances, copy the URL of today's post and send the link to everyone on your mailing list. Let us hope that thousands, world-wide, read this and think about it. Pass it on, before it's too late.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
What you're reading
Hi. Ed here. We're approaching the end of August, almost 26 months since Walt began this blog. The idea was to get people talking about some of the issues which don't get discussed much in the politically correct North American lamestream media. For instance: race, immigration and religion, on which Walt holds views contrary to the prevailing orthodoxy.
We hoped that at least a few people would read Walt's thoughts, react (comments are welcome even if not all get published), and pass the URL on to others, the point being to give thinking folks something to talk about other than celebrity train wrecks and our national preoccupation, S-E-X.
It's my job to have a look at the stats every now and then, to see how many hits we're getting, what posts draw the most interest, and where our readership is coming from. Here are three of the top 10 articles.
Help Kids Canada - a scam or only half a scam? has drawn more comments than any other piece. It still gets read, even though the first article in the series appeared back in April 2010. I can only think that it's because this scam (or half a scam) is still being run on the good-hearted and charitable Canucks.
London 2012 Olympics - Schedule of Events appeared only 11 days ago and has drawn scores of hits. I guess people are actually interested in next year's games and want to check out dates and venues. Imagine their disappointment when they find out it's a satire on the recent riots.
And now... Ed reveals the title of the most-read post. The leader -- by a country mile -- is Where next? Swaziland next? Can there really be that many people who are interested in the dark continent and the fate of the world's last absolute monarchy? This really baffled me until I remembered the picture I chose to illustrate the article.
OK. Now I understand. People -- men, I assume -- are searching Google Images and they can't resist clicking on this one. But I wonder...really...what search parameters they are typing into the dialogue box. Surely not "Swaziland".
In the final analysis, who cares. Check out whatever headline or picture turns your crank. Keep reading. Keep the comments coming. And remember that you can always e-mail Walt. Thank you for your attention!
We hoped that at least a few people would read Walt's thoughts, react (comments are welcome even if not all get published), and pass the URL on to others, the point being to give thinking folks something to talk about other than celebrity train wrecks and our national preoccupation, S-E-X.
It's my job to have a look at the stats every now and then, to see how many hits we're getting, what posts draw the most interest, and where our readership is coming from. Here are three of the top 10 articles.
Help Kids Canada - a scam or only half a scam? has drawn more comments than any other piece. It still gets read, even though the first article in the series appeared back in April 2010. I can only think that it's because this scam (or half a scam) is still being run on the good-hearted and charitable Canucks.
London 2012 Olympics - Schedule of Events appeared only 11 days ago and has drawn scores of hits. I guess people are actually interested in next year's games and want to check out dates and venues. Imagine their disappointment when they find out it's a satire on the recent riots.
And now... Ed reveals the title of the most-read post. The leader -- by a country mile -- is Where next? Swaziland next? Can there really be that many people who are interested in the dark continent and the fate of the world's last absolute monarchy? This really baffled me until I remembered the picture I chose to illustrate the article.
OK. Now I understand. People -- men, I assume -- are searching Google Images and they can't resist clicking on this one. But I wonder...really...what search parameters they are typing into the dialogue box. Surely not "Swaziland".
In the final analysis, who cares. Check out whatever headline or picture turns your crank. Keep reading. Keep the comments coming. And remember that you can always e-mail Walt. Thank you for your attention!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Topless driving ban protest rocks Kiev
Shy and reclusive Agent 1 sends us some pix of a protest in Kiev, capital of Ukraine.
Activists from the Ukrainian wimmin's rights group FEMEN are showing their anger [and more! Ed.] at a law banning women from driving cars.
Agent 1's report was a little garbled, but I believe the law in question is in force in Saudi Arabia. The protest seems to have taken place in front of the Saudi embassy in Kiev.
I was hoping for a reaction shot showing the presumably outraged Saudi diplomats, but there wasn't one. Pehaps they averted their gaze in the interests of decency and geometry.
Activists from the Ukrainian wimmin's rights group FEMEN are showing their anger [and more! Ed.] at a law banning women from driving cars.
Agent 1's report was a little garbled, but I believe the law in question is in force in Saudi Arabia. The protest seems to have taken place in front of the Saudi embassy in Kiev.
I was hoping for a reaction shot showing the presumably outraged Saudi diplomats, but there wasn't one. Pehaps they averted their gaze in the interests of decency and geometry.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
How to feel good about yourself
As a public service, Walt presents nine ways to feel good (or better) about yourself, taken from How to Do Everything, from the Man Who Should Know, Red Green.
Sell all your mirrors.
Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to attach pictures of your head to attractive bodies -- of the same gender (and species).
Do NOT make a résumé.
Stay away from reunions.
When a friend arranges for a stranger to meet you at the airport, do not ask the stranger how the friend described you.
Use the Guinness Book of World Records to find people who are shorter, fatter, uglier and stupider than you.
Don't look too far ahead, and don't look back at all.
Work on identifying the positive aspects of your personality. If you can't think of any that qualifies as humility. It's a start.
Do something you're proud of. Failing that, stop doing something you're ashamed of.
Red Green's new book is a completely exhaustive guide to do-it-yourself and self-help. So it's a two-fer deal and how can you beat that. Keep your stick on the ice.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Michelle Obama vs the American people
We are starting to see more than a few articles critical of POTUS Al O'Bama, who will be up for re-election next year, barring a Johnsonian decision to stand down rather than face the wrath of the voters. But the American lamestream media have so far ignored or covered up the Imelda-Marcos-like lifestyle of the lovely Michelle.
Not so the British media. The online edition of the Daily Mail -- by no means the worst of the tabloids -- accuses the First Lady of squandering ten million dollars ($10,000,000) of public money on vacations. Better take your blood pressure meds before looking at "Expensive massages, top shelf vodka and five-star hotels: First Lady accused of spending $10m in public money on her vacations".
Oops, did I draw a comparison with Imelda Marcos? There's a closer resemblance to Grace Mugabe, second wife (as far as we know) of Zimbabwe's President-for-Life, Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe. Grace is the one on the left. Or is it the right? Better check out the Daily Mail article to be sure which is which.
Walt's question for today: If the American people found out how much they're paying for Imelda's lavish lifestyle, would they still vote for her husband? Zimbabweans don't have much choice, but Americans do... if they found out. Of course in Zimbabwe the media are pretty much controlled by the government. Not like America... ... ...
Barack Obama vs the American people
Just discovered a great blog which I have to share with you. After all, why should Walt be the only blogger with an inkwell full of vitriol.
Check out Yid With the Lid: Exploring theories of political relativity. A couple of days ago the writer published a great analysis of Al's strategy for winning re-election in 2012. It's called "Barack Obama vs the American People". Well worth reading!
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