About 30 min. ago, I went to their site and was able to watch a rather crazy videoclip (whose link I can no longer find) featuring a “debate” regarding whether or not 9/11 was an “inside job,” with some American guy who said it was, and an “Al Qaeda” representative who said it wasn’t. In fact, he said he was upset that others were trying to take credit for Al Qaeda’s terrorism! “Moderator” looked like someone trying to emulate Jon Stewart.

As I said, I saw this about 30 minutes ago, but cannot now find the link. I wonder if these guys are psych or journalism grad students at Columbia, trying to see how far they can push people.

DVGs are above reproach.

You’re right, Ilana, the last thing that the talking heads/liberals ever want to call someone is “EVIL.” To do so implies that absolute standards of morality exist. Considering that our standards come from Judeo-Christian values (initially from the Hebrew Testament) the use of the term “Evil” might be seen as giving greater weight to some religious traditions over others.

I doubt whether the parents of the kids slain by two other mass murderers who were alleged to have suffered bullying–Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the Columbine Killers–would buy the “bullying as excuse” argument. No one should buy it in this case, either.

Free will is relative,IMO. I would define it as one’s genuine preference given ideal circumstances. It is one thing to choose sin under duress but another thing altogether to prefer it.

I would bet the preference for sin is normally distributed as are most human characteristics so that:

1. A few will not chose sin under any circumstances. They will die under torture before sinning. I know of only one perfect example of this in all human history.

2. A few will actually prefer sin.

3. The rest will sin under varying degrees of duress and/or temptation.

I grew up during the paradigm of the “melting pot.” Now I don’t believe in government enforced conformity but in a free society there would considerable private social pressure to conform. Only government protection and/or privilege allows destructive cultures or life styles to survive.

If genuine liberty was allowed in this country, including the right to PRIVATELY discriminate, then inferior religions and lifestyles would quickly diminish.

I am not in Wonderland, all people do not want the same thing but we are squatting on their land. And I’ll say this, if an F-16 accidentally killed my family would I be expected to accept some blood money and be content?

The US is the third largest country in the world, what the diddly-squat do we need with the rest of the world?

[We’re discussing Major Hasan, not foreign policy. Stick to the topic. Hasan’s land was in the US.]

The whole mess is a real crock..

“Diversity is the number one priority” at the (Naval) academy. – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead

The ubiquitous sentiment and policy is making the rounds and both, explains a great deal and indicts a great many.