Posted On: September 9, 2006, 7:27 pm CDT

Posted By: Jack

Is it then right to say then that the majority of executives support corporate corruption because so few of them have explicitly spoken against Lay, Skilling, Koslowski? Is it right to say that the majority of whites in this country support white supremacism because this problem is so rarely addressed. The fact that you do not frequently see a condemnation of something on Fox News or CNN does not mean that it does not exist.

I disagree that few muslim condemn islamic terrorism. In fact, the vast majority of them do both implicitly and explicitly. Implicitly by living law-obiding and meaningful lives. Explicitly, every single islamic organization in this country as well as the vast majority of those internationally have condemned islamic terrorism. I think the part of the problem is that the sensationalist media, often rightfully so, gives the messages of hate and violence propagated by a very small minority the vast majority of air creating a perception that those beliefs are commonly held by all muslims.

I think that we need moderate and peaceful muslims on our side in the fight against terrorism here at home and abroad. Recent London bombing was foiled with the help of the local muslim community and Pakistani intellignece. It is going to be difficult to get that kind of help if we do what you and Omar suggest: deny american muslims and other innocent people the same liberties that we expect for ourselves.