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On Sep 5, 8:27 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > Always cary some cracklins or bacon bits when walking your dog past your > local terrorist training center (i.e.mosque). > > *Islam vs. Man’s Best Friend?* > > Posted By *David Solway* On August 28, 2012 **** > > Not long ago, I took my dog Shiba for an afternoon workout at our town > beach on the Ottawa River, a lovely crescent of yellow sand and shade trees > patronized by visitors from as far away as Montreal. A pure Siberian husky > packing the energy of the Big Bang in her muscles, Shiba looks forward to > these outings when she can entertain herself swimming furiously toward the > horizon after lobbed twigs and tennis balls. With her striking white pelt, > blue eyes, children-loving temperament and dolphin-like swimming motion, > she is generally the center of attention and has made many admiring friends > among the company of beach-goers.**** > > Not everyone, however, is appreciative of Shiba’s playful and rambunctious > presence. As I was about to launch another tennis ball for her to retrieve, > I was approached by two attractive, deeply tanned young women who objected > to Shiba’s performance, or, rather, to Shiba herself. They demanded that we > cease and desist. When I inquired why I should comply, I was informed that > dogs were unclean creatures and that Shiba prevented them from bathing > since the water would be polluted by her thrashing about.**** > > Needless to say, I was initially taken aback. After all, Shiba was a > community favorite who posed no threat to anyone. Moreover, the women were > not local residents but visitors from the big city. Additionally, my > municipal taxes paid for the upkeep of the beach, which they enjoyed at no > cost to themselves. The plain fact was that they had no stake in the matter > and were, to put it somewhat wryly, completely out of their depth.**** > > But, as my readers have surmised, they were of the Islamic persuasion. > True, they were not garbed in traditional dress and seemed for all intents > and purposes to be “modern” young women; yet they had no compunction > against affirming their traditional and, indeed, alien values, which they > attempted to impose as of right. I did my best to remain polite, but could > not resist suggesting that they find some other beach to visit and that > Shiba, whose license I had also paid for and who was more of a resident > than they were, was far more entitled to the privilege of the river than > interlopers from elsewhere.**** > > As I’ve said, they had no stake in the matter. But what I was thinking was > that they had no stake in the culture either. “Elsewhere” meant not only 50 > miles away from the small town in which I live, but an apparently > unbridgeable distance from the history of my country and the culture which > had taken root on its shores over the centuries. No less than the Muslim > taxi > drivers<http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/08/28/islam-vs-mans-best-friend/Mus...>in > Dearborn, Michigan, who refuse to accept blind people accompanied by > seeing eye dogs into their vehicles, these two young women had not only > refrained from integrating sufficiently into the folkways of their adopted > land but, exploiting the enclave mentality of the multicultural ideology, > were convinced of their right to assert the primacy of their own norms and > habits.**** > > The BlazingCatFur website > reports<http://www.blazingcatfur.blogspot.ca/2012/08/arrested-for-walking-my-...>on > another such distasteful episode. A Toronto resident walking his dog > by > a public park where a crowd of Muslims was celebrating Al-Quds Day found > himself arrested by the police, as he writes, “for ‘offending Islam’ by > walking in a PUBLIC park with my dog. Apparently, Muslims do not like dogs. > I was warned by a few demonstrators not to go near them. Of course I > ignored them and reminded them this is Canada, not Pakistan.” Nonetheless, > the man was “dragged off and handcuffed.” The police alleged that he was > “insensitive” and “inciting a riot.” “Imagine this happening in Canada?” he > continues. “Walking a licensed dog on a leash at the park in front of our > Provincial Legislature and being arrested for that simple act!” (The dog, > incidentally, is a therapy dog of the kind we find doing their good work in > hospitals.)**** > > Canada may not be Pakistan, but it is no longer Canada. The same is the > case for many other Western nations. We live in a society that is clearly > and inexorably going to the dogs — though not in the honorific way in which > I would like to use the phrase. And this is plainly not an issue involving > merely man’s best friend. The assault on Western attitudes, ordinances, > conventions, proprieties, civil codes and manners proceeds along the entire > gamut of social conduct and political supposition, as the provisions of > Sharia law insinuate themselves ever more intimately into daily life. We > now live in a culture of fear—fear of offending and fear of violent > reprisal. Admittedly, many people may bridle at the aggressive liberties > that Muslim immigrant groups have taken at their expense, from the erection > of mega-mosques (often in small > communities)<http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2012/06/exclusive-.html>, > to prayer rituals in public > thoroughfares<http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/09/paris-muslims-block-streets-for-pra...>, > separation of the sexes in public facilities, special treatment in the > schools<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/hindu-group-criticizes-to...>, > the regular practice of lawfare, the heavy drain on welfare entitlements, > and the > outrage<http://frontpagemag.com/2012/bruce-bawer/oslo-muslims-demand-sharia-c...>of > cordoned-off city districts or “no-go zones,” functioning as Islamic > mini-republics, in places like Paris, London, Oslo and Malmo, among others. > But our political and intellectual elites, whether from electoral > calculations, the timidity of political correctness or sheer stupidity, > have proven to be distinctly accommodating to the vehement and incendiary > strangers in their midst.**** > > The rights (and rites), long-held assumptions, common expectations, > standards of behavior and time-hallowed customs we have taken for granted > and which shape our communal life are undergoing a relentless erosion under > the multicultural sedative that all cultures are of equal value—except our > misprized and concessionary own, as it appears—and must be coddled and > promoted regardless of consequence. A new imperative has been effectively > announced. In a bizarre reversal of sensible usage, we—the host—must adapt > to the remote, imprescriptible, and presumably exotic customs of the > Islamic newcomers in our midst—the guest—rather than vice versa, as reason > would dictate. The irony is that it is we who are being impounded while > those who espouse an alien and often inimical value system are increasingly > calling the shots.**** > > BlazingCatFur now > reports<http://www.blazingcatfur.blogspot.ca/2012/08/toronto-police-services-...>that > a cyclist who attended the August 18 Al-Quds Day rally at Queen’s Park > in Toronto ran afoul of the constabulary and “was nearly charged with > incitement to riot for merely carrying an Israeli flag.” But a child at the > rally flaunting a sign “Down with Israel,” doubtlessly at his parents’ > behest, is, it would seem, wholly innocuous.**** > > Dog days, indeed.**** > > ******** > > ** ** > > Article printed from PJ Lifestyle: *http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle***** > > URL to article: > *http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/08/28/islam-vs-mans-best-friend/***** > > ** ** -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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