Quote Originally Posted by HiDefFisherman View Post
DJD, and others.... Guys, listen, I too hate this has happened. Tomorrow is Veteran's day. A day to honor and thank every Vet. for giving us the freedoms to live the way we do, and to have such great discussions.

Just think about this for a minute, it is what changed my mind, because initially I thought the same thing... or maybe in different words...

Principles are what we founded out country on, and hopefully principles are what we live our lives by. Principles are meant to be hard, not easy, to follow. They are meant to guide us not in times of ease, but when things get tough. When we have a moral delimina, it is our principles that we have to turn to in order to guide us, and keep us from making rash decisions. Remember, I am trying very hard to not be rash in many things. I am not saying I am better than anyone, but am using this medium as a way to help me reach a better place.

To the guy who called me a name... remember, calling me names, just flat out insulting me, that is only an indication that you have run out of intelligent things to say.

That said, I want to say it is a good thing you are mad at me, and want to lash out. Why? Because it means I challenged your thinking and you are frustrated, but you are thinking beyond that which is easy. You are stretching your thought process, and that is always good.

I guess my point is, I too wanted to post something almost exactly to what started this, but I am trying to learn, don't react, and instead, respond. Think about this... when a doctor is treating a patient, if something goes bad, he says it was a "bad reaction" and if things are going well, he says "you are responding well" to a treatment. I am trying to learn to respond based upon the principles I try to lead my life by. YOU ALL are helping me by allowing me to post my thoughts, and discuss them with you all.

So, Thanks, I do appreciate your help!!

HDF
Hey man I'm just a semi-educated redneck. I like to sit back and try not to react with my first thoughts and it has served me well through the years....but this Muslim thing has been going on for so many years and nothing good comes out of it. Using examples of how the Catholics and Christians did the same things years ago means nothing to me. These are different times.

Innocent people are being executed and terrorized in the name of Allah. Why should we try to understand something thats abundantly clear? If they pose a threat we need to identify them and remove the threat. All it would take is to pull the heads off of some of these radicals to send the message. They pick on us because we are so smart that we will hold them for years give them medical treatment. lodging and food until some slick lawyer gets them off.

I don't care about political correctness and way back when neither did the majority of this country.