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1. #1
   On April 29th, 2008 at 10:51 am, bloghooligan said:

   they always backoff when they know they’re on the brink of losing. this is when we should step up the pressure.

2. #2
   On April 29th, 2008 at 10:52 am, cpodug said:

   This should be accompanied by marching bands, fireworks, a victory parade, and maybe a BBQ to celebrate.

3. #3
   On April 29th, 2008 at 10:55 am, Romeo13 said:

   It will be the “you appologise in public” and we’ll drop the lawsuit thing….

   Which would be the WORST thing that could happen, because they will just go on and sue others without this precedent to help other lawsuits of the future…

4. #4
   On April 29th, 2008 at 10:55 am, Hexadecimal said:

   “Damn the torpedos; full speed ahead!”

5. #5
   On April 29th, 2008 at 10:59 am, sdillard said:

   epodug, make that a PORK BBQ!

6. #6
   On April 29th, 2008 at 11:02 am, Christian Soldier said:

   Support Mark with $$$$–

   Purchase his book _ AMERICA ALONE_

   An excellent read-

7. #7
   On April 29th, 2008 at 11:05 am, pueblo1032 said:

   NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER!!!! Do not give an inch to these maggots, for they WILL take much more than the proverbial MILE. When you have ‘em down, kick ‘em!!!

8. #8
   On April 29th, 2008 at 11:05 am, yulbrewer said:

   I don’t think Steyn or Macleans will accept anything other than a complete abandonment of the complaint by the CIC. Like Levant with Soharwardy, Steyn and Macleans should then bring civil suit against the CIC for damages.

9. #9
   On April 29th, 2008 at 11:08 am, wildcat84 said:

   No surrender. No settlement. The only way to deal with an aggressor (ROP) is to beat him down to unconditional surrender.

   To me, in order to accept “peace” with the ROP, they need to agree to these things. Any ROP’er who does not agree to these things, in my opinion, should be deported if possible.

   1. Unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and all terrorists.

   2. Agree that all other established religions are equal to the ROP.

   3. Agree that civil law is supreme to religious law.

   4. Agree to report seditious acts inside mosques and madrassas.

   5. Agree to assimilate into Western culture and not seek to live apart. This includes adherence to western law and custom, including freedom of religion, freedom FROM religion, and freedom to change one’s religion.

   I can think of more, but in general, ROP’ers who do not agree to these five points really have no business in western society and should be treated accordingly.

   I can think of more

10. #10
    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:09 am, englishqueen01 said:

    Keep it up.

    Did anyone see the news report about Church’s Chicken?

    As The Record reports, a black couple in Baltimore — I identify their race because it is pivotal to how The Daily Record reports the story — had contracted with the Church’s Chicken restaurant chain to open a new outlet in Baltimore. Unfortunately for the entrepreneurial couple, as they were investing in their chicken outlet, Church’s Chicken was purchased by Crescent Capital Investments Inc., the US affiliate of the Bahrain-based First Islamic Investment Bank BSC. And, upon the restaurant chain’s purchase, these new Islamic corporate owners decided to institute Shari’ah laws upon their investments.

    This caught the Beasleys new restaurant in a tough spot because pork products were on the morning breakfast menu for the Church’s Chicken chain. Because Shari’ah law principles had been imposed on the Beasleys’ new restaurant, they would be barred from serving their breakfast menu items, their corporate owners informed them. This barring from being able to serve their breakfast items, the couple maintains, contributed to the restaurant’s failure and their eventual bankruptcy.

    We need to be vigilant. Shari’a creep is everywhere. If we don’t love our freedoms as much as they hate them, they will win.

    By the by, another good article on shari’a creep, from Bruce Bawer, called “The Anatomy of Surrender.”

    The nut graph for me:

    Leading liberal intellectuals and academics have shown a striking willingness to betray liberal values when it comes to pacifying Muslims. Back in 2001, Unni Wikan, a distinguished Norwegian cultural anthropologist and Islam expert, responded to the high rate of Muslim-on-infidel rape in Oslo by exhorting women to “realize that we live in a multicultural society and adapt themselves to it.”

    So when I say that it wouldn’t surprise me if women in America would one day have to wear burquas in public, I’m laughed at. I don’t think that’s a stretch. *We’re* the ones expected to accomdate; it seems Islam can never work within an existing culture.

    Scary, scary business.

11. #11
    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:10 am, MNUSMCDavid said:

    Anyone know the Arabic for ” Stick it where the sun doesn’t shine, slimeballs!”?
    Mr Steyn, make them sweat, don’t submit for anything!

12. #12
    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:17 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    The Canadian Islamic Congress and a group of law students who recently filed human rights complaints against Maclean’s magazine for publishing Islamophobic content, are planning to present a public offer to the magazine’s management to settle the matter.

    My guess is they weren’t expecting a fight…just capitulation. They truly do have a warped view of the world.

    Good for Steyn. Keep the heat turned up.

13. #13
    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:19 am, LC said:

    I hope he takes the letter, crumbles it up, and dips it in a cup of ketchup and then eats it right there on stage in front of them. Oh God, hear my prayer, please let this happen.

14. #14
    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:21 am, sam.i.am said:

    I think Steyn should put this guy in charge of the settlement negotiations:
    Haigh Mohammed Mujahideen Fah-q

15. #15
    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:21 am, Roman Con said:

    Settlement? We accept!

    Call my lawyer w/deets: 1-800-GO2-HELL.

16. #16
    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:25 am, emjem24 said:

    I hope Steyn doesn’t settle with these weenies. He’s got the upper hand anyway since the onus is on the “Human Rights Commission” to prove that any violation ever happened. He shouldn’t give any ounce or quarter in this matter.

    To these sharia creeps and enablers all I have to say is: NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. You wanted your pound of flesh now come and get it!

17. #17
    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:25 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Roman Con,
    Good one!

18. #18
    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:40 am, Cameron said:

    This is only a hudna, or a fake peace, from the CIC. I hope Mr. Steyn continues the fight until they are beaten and he recovers the money wasted in defending himself against a frivolous lawsuit.

19. #19
    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:45 am, DBNinKY said:

    What bugs the dickens out of me is how most Muslims only know of American culture/society the skewed, often perverted, Hollywood version they see portrayed in our film and tv media.

    Yet these same media disavow themselves of any responsibility for misrepresenting us to the world, while taking great pains to present Muslim society and Islam to us as though it were manna to the starving, or man’s last hope for survival.

    Just look at how the women in that Texas cult are made fun of for wearing prairie dresses and done-up hair styles; yet Muslim women are not only excused for wearing burquas, Western female reporters readily don the outlandish garb like it’s Parisian haute coutre every time they do a remote spot from an Arab nation.

    It’s part of the ridiculous double standard that is affording Sharia back-door entry into our mainstream society. It’s time to stop accommodating the ludicrous and stand up for what’s right.

20. #20
    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:47 am, Buckaroo said:

    “I don’t think Steyn or Macleans will accept anything other than a complete abandonment of the complaint by the CIC”

    oh, at a minimum — them compensating mark and the magazine, with however small an amount, needs to be addressed as well

    /GO MARK GO! THE MAN WHO IS GOING TO TAKE DOWN THE INSTITUTIONALIZED HATE-MONGERS! SWEEET!

21. #21
    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:49 am, Buckaroo said:

    think about this — capn ed essentially helped to take down the martin government with his blogging …

    now mark MAY be able to remove the hrcs through his and maclean’s righteous stand …

    /and we “knew: them when …
    

22. #22
    On April 29th, 2008 at 12:00 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    What bugs the dickens out of me is how most Muslims only know of American culture/society the skewed, often perverted, Hollywood version they see portrayed in our film and tv media.

    I’m about as far from Hollywood as you’re going to get and even if Hollywood wasn’t the face presented to the world, jihadists would still hate me.

    Why? I’m a woman, for starters. I’m Christian. I’m American. I won’t submit. They literally hate everything about me, regardless of whether or not I have a Hollywood lifestyle.

    To them, the only way I’m useful is as a “temporary” wife or dead. I’m an infidel - plain and simple.

23. #23
    On April 29th, 2008 at 12:03 pm, tre said:

    Way to go Mark Steyn!

    Sure would be nice if Americans would stand up to CAIR that way.

24. #24
    On April 29th, 2008 at 12:06 pm, Buckaroo said:

    # 23 tre

    well, anti-cair did and showed they can NEVER sue in american courts thanks to discovery, so we’re still a step ahead of our northern brethern there …

25. #25
    On April 29th, 2008 at 12:10 pm, WarTip said:

    The head of our Capitulation Department is Helen Waite. If you want or expect us to capitulate to your demands, you can just go to Helen Waite.

    It may take a while!

    As my Grampa used to say, if you let a man kick you down once and do not do anything about it, he will just get mad if you do not let him do it again. Much better to stand up, fight it and get it taken care of the first time around.

    No retreat, no surrender. I would understand if they accepted the offer of surrender I suppose but my hope is that they will tackle this vile serpent and lop off its head before it gets any bigger.

26. #26
    On April 29th, 2008 at 12:15 pm, Boomer said:

    On April 29th, 2008 at 11:45 am, DBNinKY said:
    What bugs the dickens out of me is how most Muslims only know of American culture/society the skewed, often perverted, Hollywood version they see portrayed in our film and tv media.

    The same mindset many of our modern era enemies have had of America as being weak as we are portrayed by Hollyweird. In the 1930s, 40s our enemies thought us weak due to the movies of the time showing Americans as only playboys, the hippie culture of the 60s, disco culture of the 70s, etc.

    I will never submit/surrender to these 6th Century savages and I hope Mr. Steyn and the others being harassed by these Sharia creeps do not settle. It is time of the real hate speakers to be exposed for the world to see.

27. #27
    On April 29th, 2008 at 12:17 pm, yulbrewer said:

    The head of our Capitulation Department is Helen Waite. If you want or expect us to capitulate to your demands, you can just go to Helen Waite.

    Thanks for the laugh WarTip!

28. #28
    On April 29th, 2008 at 12:22 pm, dan708 said:

    Sunshine is a good disinfectant. Give the Sharia folks a forum and they self-destruct every time.

29. #29
    On April 29th, 2008 at 1:39 pm, Tantor said:

    Levant and Steyn should proceed to crush the Islamist aggressors. Basically, the Muslims who do this want to place all the risk of their attacks on their victims. If the Muslims win, their victims suffer. If the Muslim attack fails, they demand their victims break off their counter-attack.

    You must make these Muslim attacks painful and costly for the attackers to end them. Make an example of them. Give them the same mercy they would have given you had they won. None.

30. #30
    On April 29th, 2008 at 1:45 pm, spo-con said:

    I have a friend that now lives in Calgary Alberta. I’ve sent every article that MM and HA has put out on this. He’s well aware of the trouble up there, and says many Canadians are watching VERY closely! Smooth move Sharia…….

31. #31
    On April 29th, 2008 at 2:57 pm, Connie said:

    Ah! I had a slight run in with Faisal Joseph at the WaPo Blog? where he was spewing his usual propaganda when they published Rowan’s idea that maybe shari’a law wouldn’t be such a bad thing after all. I think I posted the url for Blogging the Qur’an and he wasn’t too happy with me.

    The tide is turning for the Islamists.

32. #32
    On April 29th, 2008 at 4:53 pm, keylime said:

    I think Mr. Steyn is going to turn the screws tight and snug on this, and this makes me VERY happy.

33. #33
    On April 29th, 2008 at 5:19 pm, reine.de.tout said:

    
    TORONTO - The Canadian Islamic Congress and a group of law students who recently filed human rights complaints against Maclean’s magazine for publishing Islamophobic content, are planning to present a public offer to the magazine’s management to settle the matter.

    Hm. You just know they’re going to demand an “apology” of some sort from Maclean’s magazine. I hope that there is no “settlement” of this matter unless it involves a public apology FROM the Canadian Islamic Congress.

34. #34
    On April 29th, 2008 at 5:40 pm, secondsight said:

    Hammond’s guide to countries based upon Islamic percentages: http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=4DE15EF9-A76C-4DD4-81E2-75683AEED74D

    An interesting and useful summary

35. #35
    On April 29th, 2008 at 7:54 pm, magrippa said:

    If you havent watched Erza Levant pound the lefty interrogator on the videos that are easily available on YoTtube I suggest you do. They are excellent examples of how someone with reason and intellect can dismember a hack bureaucrat.

36. #36
    On April 30th, 2008 at 10:14 am, DBNinKY said:

    Hi, EQ and Boomer!

    Just wanted to say I agree with each of you: that the Islamo-fascists are determined to unleash their irrational hatred against us and for a myriad of reasons – based mostly on our support of Israel, and respect for humanity and human rights – but my point is that the MSM (Hollywood and major news outlets) are enabling “Sharia creep” into our society, by refusing to take a more responsible attitude in their presentation of American culture and for their complicit role in garnering Islam mainstream acceptance. They are, in essence, perpetuating a double standard that is allowing Sharia law backdoor entry into mainstream America.

    For example, while Hollywood presents the world with a warped, violent view of American society and its place in the world, they take great pains to show us only the “smiley face” side of Islamic culture, mores, and values. To illustrate my point, look at the number of anti-Iraq war films recently released; they all bombed domestically, but we weren’t the intended audience. Those films were tailor made to appease Muslim viewers by making us out to be the belligerent villains and the jihadists to appear as “patriotic freedom fighters,” to borrow from LGM.

    As another double standard example, take the way the women at that cult in Texas are ridiculed in the press and media – and by female reporters and pundits no less – for the way they wear their hair and their style of dress (I read where the Today show and the View were especially critical of the cult women’s fashion sense). But note how you seldom hear a peep of criticism from the press about the Muslim burqua or headgear. In fact, many female press members seem to have no qualms at all in donning the headgear to do a report from an Islamic nation, making it appear perfectly acceptable for Western women to wear such outlandish garb, even though it is an undeniable anathema to their supposed feminist sensibilities. FNC’s Amy Kellogg and ABC’s Diane Sawyer seem to always have the headgear on when they are doing a remote from an Arab nation, but I bet you’d NEVER get either of them in a prairie dress for a live spot from the Texas compound.

    There is a double standard upon which “Sharia creep” depends for easy access to our society, and it needs to be called out!