reader walter sieruk commented at altlas shrugs ...
the french political philosopher and historian, alexis de tocqueville, had the right idea when he wrote "that by and large there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of muhammad." [source of quote "religion of peace?: islam's war against the world," by gregory m. davis page 127]
you may find this comment at http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/04/afghanistan-observations.html#comments , along with a very nice letter from a marine in afghanistan, addressed to blog hostess pamela geller.
trenchant observations on islam, all, and to the point.
john jay @ 04.25.2011
In no way do I question M Sieruk's accuracy or integrity, but I think this valuable deToqueville quote merits a more authoritative citation--whence came it?
DeT's oeuvre is widely available, and undisputed.
Posted by: JewishOdysseus | April 25, 2011 at 06:35 PM
j.o.:
will do. will look for the original source in the next couple days.
it should be no more difficult than to go to sieruk's cited source, and trace it back from there.
i will "snopes" it, not meaning to infringe on their gig. laughing.
so, how's the weather down there? you know, isn't the highest part of florida something like 65 feet above sea level?
come to n.e. oregon friend j.o., and live above the reach of the tsunami's that threaten on the horizon. large vistas, good views, out here.
john
Posted by: john jay | April 26, 2011 at 09:55 AM