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Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Dennis Prager :: Townhall.com Columnist
"World opinion" is worthless
by Dennis Prager
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If you are ever morally confused about a major world issue, here is a rule that is almost never violated: Whenever you hear that "world opinion" holds a view, assume it is morally wrong.

And here is a related rule if your religious or national or ethnic group ever suffers horrific persecution: "World opinion" will never do a thing for you. Never.

"World opinion" has little or nothing to say about the world's greatest evils and regularly condemns those who fight evil.

The history of "world opinion" regarding the greatest mass murders and cruelties on the planet is one of relentless apathy.

Ask the 1.5 million Armenians massacred by the Ottoman Turks;

or the 6 million Ukrainians slaughtered by Stalin;

or the tens of millions of other Soviet citizens killed by Stalin's Soviet Union;

or the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their helpers throughout Europe;

or the 60 million Chinese butchered by Mao;

or the 2 million Cambodians murdered by Pol Pot;

or the millions killed and enslaved in Sudan;

or the Tutsis murdered in Rwanda's genocide;

or the millions starved to death and enslaved in North Korea;

or the million Tibetans killed by the Chinese; Continued...
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Dennis Prager is a radio show host, contributing columnist for Townhall.com, and author of 4 books including Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual.
 
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Reply # 1
Date: Oct 12, 2006 - 4:56 PM EST
Wake up America
"World Opinion" is not talking about the next massacre.

Here's just one example of what we need to expose:

"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth."

Do you have any idea who said this?

It was Omar Ahmad, the chairman of the board of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations. CAIR's spokesmen appear regularly in the media complaining about the treatment of Muslims and giving us the message that "Muslims are part of the fabric of this great country and are working to build a better America."

But when speaking to a Muslim audience, as Omar Ahmad was, the message is not so benign.

Why aren't we hearing this in the media? Because they don't believe in absolutes. Ask a Muslim if there are absolutes. He will tell you that what is in the Quran is absolute and they won't stop until they have conquered or at least subjugated all the other people on the earth. They already have suceeded in putting their fear into many people. I'm not sure that I would speak up if I were a "moderate" Muslim, because I might fear that I would be killed for not agreeing with the "radical" Muslims.
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Reply # 2
Date: Aug 21, 2006 - 10:58 PM EST
Absolutes
I have read the scenario many times about a women running by, and later a rapist running by and asking "Did you see where that women went, I want to rape her", described as an example when it is ok to lie. Some people use this as an example refuting moral absolutes, meaning that in this situation the morally correct thing to do is lie. However, there are other options. Simply don't respond or say, "yes, I know where that woman went but I am not going to tell you." There is never a situation where you have to lie, perhaps the consequences will be great, but there certainly are absolutes in ths life.
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