Quote:The problem with this thread and this conversation goes back to another thread we had a few weeks ago about Shariah Compliant Loans.  We went through pages and pages of discussion about the high ideals of inclusion in society when very few people actually stopped to think or research what Shariah Law is and if we as a society should be making concessions for it.  

 

The fact of the matter is TJ that you can't on the one hand advocate that system of governance (which inherently forbids you from recognizing non islamic sovereignty) and hold constitutional values as we currently understand them.  Ben Carson was absolutely correct.  A better way to explain it would have been to throw in a one liner about making sure that women can drive and that we don't stone homosexuals.  

 

I challenge anyone on this board who would decry Ben Carsons statement to read up on what shariah law and what the fundamental tenants of that particular system of government are and then come back to me and tell me that those values are compatible with the US constitution.  a simple yes or no should suffice.  

 

The funny thing is that it's only the silly westerners who are fretting about this.  Meanwhile those who advocate for the worldwide implementation of Shariah Law are pretty open and honest about the fact that they are going to lie cheat decieve and manipulate us based on our own fetishizing of moral relativism.  At this rate 5 years from now the conversation on the left will be "oh well it won't be that bad to pay a tax for being a non-believer.  This will send a strong message to the Muslim community that we want to participate in their faith as best we can and as long as those who don't comply are executed in a humane fashion that doesn't cause them too much prolonged agony while we videotape it for propaganda and recruitment purposes then it won't be much worse than the inquisition."

 

The most ironic and frankly sad part of this whole debate is that the secular left has been KILLING Ben Carson, one of the great scientific minds of our lifetime, on the fact that he is a 7th day Adventist and their belief in the creation of the world.