Open Your Mind or Take Responsibility

Guess what I got in the mail last week. It was a wonderfully made DVD on the evils of Islam in America called OBSESSION. This movie was distributed by mail and newspaper inserts last week by the Clarion Fund, a non-profit organization whose sole purpose seemingly is to spread hatred and distrust among the masses. They are doing a wonderful job of it so far as well.

Last week, days after this DVD was delivered to homes across America, apparently in the so called "swing states" a mosque in Ohio (that's here in the good ole USofA if you haven't learned any geography between cross burnings and goose-stepping practice), was attacked. While parents were upstairs in prayer and celebrating the holiday of Ramadan, their children were in the building's basement in what I can only assume to be a room made up to be a child-care center for that purpose. One of the young girls in the room noticed two men outside one of the windows and when she approached the window she was sprayed in the face with what can only be classified as an irritant. The mosque was quickly evacuated and the authorities were called and responded. Police so far have not labeled this as a hate-crime thought they are still investigating.

If this isn't a hate crime then it is someone that would fall under the label of sexual predator or child molestor. There was no reason what so ever to be looking into the basement window other than that. This is a tactic that you might see being conducted by terrorists abroad not here in America, don't we pride ourselves on being so much better and prouder than other nations that we would never lower ourselves to the level of worm dung and attack children or even a place of worship? America where we're supposed to be free and have the liberty of choosing who we worship or don't at all. America where we're supposed to not judge someone because of where they came from or where their parents were born. This country was founded on equality and that everyone has the same rights as anyone else. So far we've come as far as to make laws that require equality, but for some people to actually follow those laws and treat others with fairness and an open mind it is clearly something that is beyond the grasp of their small minds.

The one single thing that makes these terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda, Basque, Taliban, and lots of others around the world, better than the groups here in America is that they at least stand up and take responsibility for what they do. A car bomb goes off in Haifa, within an hour someone takes responsibility for it and gives a reason. Here in America we have something like this happen and nobody says a word. Whether it's one of those white power groups painting swastikas on a jewish temple, cruel words being yelled at a house from a passing car or even a cross burning in a yard. Nobody ever comes forward and says "Hey we did it and this is why".

I don't know why people are this way and I don't know what it would take to make people change. Personally I think it all comes down to education. You can blame it on your parents for raising you like this, but if you simply open your mine and pay attention in school you'll realize that this kind of behavior over the course of history hasn't really helped the human race advance towards anything near world peace or at least a world status of "not blowing each other up". But that's for another post which will probably be tomorrow if I can remember what I'm talking about today.

Now this Clarion Fund, I don't know what their real reasons for existence are but it sure isn't to help America improve or better our global image. I just cannot see anything good coming from a group that is intent on spreading hatred and their own screwy idea of evil muslims hiding in the woodwork spying and plotting. Am I misguided? I don't think so (not entirely at least), I know that there are probably people sympathetic to the cause of one terrorist organization or another, I also know that there are people who are sympathetic to the cause of other countries and pass on information in those regards as well. But do I think that every muslim in America is a terrorist spy or a suicide bomber in disguise? No, because that's the thought of someone who just can't realize that every person can be their own person. That's the thought of someone who let's someone else do their thinking for them because they don't want to sit and think about this issue or the consequences of this action or another. We as people in this country have become so lazy that we don't even try to raise our children. We will leave them at a day care or at grandma's so that we can go out shopping or dancing. Yes many of us use day care because both parents work, but there are others who don't. More and more the expectations of who is to teach a child right from wrong and to have an open mind on matters, or even common sense is being left to one group of people. Teachers. Just because the name of their profession means that they will teach your children, doesn't mean they will raise them for you. Get up America and raise your own damn kids. Raise them to be fair and open minded. Raise them to listen to all sides of a discussion before choosing a side. Raise them to pull the door handle instead of breaking the door down because they couldn't push the door open. Now I'm going to go eat dinner and lower my blood pressure with some tasty chocolate. Thank You for making it this far.