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From: tw8023@pyuxii.UUCP (T Wheeler)
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Subject: Re: Terrorism and TWA 847
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 08:25:55 EDT
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Nahh, you folks have it all wrong.  Study the Koran.  Tell them
that if they don't toe the line, we will spray the entire country
with pig's excrement, blood, and parts.  In this way, none of the
fanatics who believe they will be able to join Allah if they are
killed in a Jihad will be able to.  You can't make it to heaven
tainted with pig's anything.  This method has been used before to
nullify the fanatisism of some of the Moslem groups.  The British
used it in India and in North Africa (WWII).  As long as the Moslem
fanatic believes he will not be allowed into paradise because he
is tainted with swine, his fervor vanishes.  This method precludes
the killing of innocent people plus, the problem for the truly
religious can be cleaned.  Publish pictures of marines dipping
their machine-gun rounds in vats of pig's blood and see how
quick the howl goes up from the fanatics.  

This all may sound tounge-in-cheek, but it has worked in the past.
You have to understand the all-consuming fervor of the religious
Moslem in the Middle East.  To be killed in the line of duty
during a Jihad (the I-A-Toe-La Cock-a-Maimie declared one for
the Shi'ites several years ago) is a free ticket to paradise,
AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT TAINTED BY ONE OF THE NO-NOs.  Pig's
anything on your person is a definate NO-NO.  Perhaps we could
line the inside of our airliners with pigskin.  This would at
least put a damper on the enthusiasm of Moslem terrorists, no?

This all may sound silly, but, its better than shooting up the
countryside just to drop a few terrorists.  I suggest trying
something on these lines, it couldn't hurt.  Use Moslem
philosophy to counter Moslem terrorists.  (Disclaimer--
I in no way wish to hurt or harm innocent folk be they
Moslem, Jewish, Budist, or whatever.  If someone's
sensibilities are piqued, then I'm sorry.  I just get
tired of all of the killing and perhaps we need a new
direction.)
T. C. Wheeler