10 Quotes from “Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom”

David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog ^ | December 11, 2010 | Ben-Peter Terpstra

[AustralianConservative]

Recently, I read the 2010 paperback edition of Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom (with a new afterward). Inside author Bruce Bawer slams the forces of political correctness, and with good reason. Yes. We live in a world where puppy posters offend hypersensitive anti-dog Muslims, where beer is associated with evil according to Islam, and where the murder of Koran-unfriendly artists is seen as complex, or at worst, legitimate.

But should we submit? Appease? Sacrifice our freedoms?

Here are my 10 it-made-me-think quotes from Surrender.

1. On America’s long battle against Islamofascism (p. 3):

America’s very first foreign conflict after the Revolutionary War was with the Barbary pirates, who, sponsored by the Muslim governments of North Africa – just as terrorist groups today enjoy the sponsorship of countries like Libya, Iran, and Syria – had for generations been preying on European ships and selling their crews and passengers into slavery.

2. On old customs, new methods (p. 4):

Today, piracy; tomorrow, terrorism.

3. On how multiculturalism weakens us against radical Islam (p. 21):

No aspect of Western democracy is more anathema to the multicultural mentality than free speech. For multiculturalism encourages self-censorship and the condemnation of “insensitive” utterances – especially utterances that are perceived as potentially offensive to some protected group.

4. On enablers in the War on Terrorism (p. 65):

And who’s in the driver’s seat? The media.

How do the media help the jihadists? The easiest move is simply not to report on jihadist actions at all – or to report on them while concealing their jihadist nature.

5. On rescuing the West (p. 104):

If the West is saved from jihad, it will be largely the result of the inhibited nature of free speech on the Internet.

[AustralianConservative]

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[Cisco Nix]

I read many stories out of Australia and your “Islam Problem”. It seems you guys are somewhat more irritated by the Islamic attacks on the west than Americans. Some of the reports state that you even fight back. We all better get with it and stop these Islamic Fascists. I think it’s too late for Europe.

[This I Wonder32460]

“If the West is saved from jihad, it will be largely the result of the inhibited nature of free speech on the Internet.”

Question: Do you think he meant to write “uninhibited nature of free speech on the Internet.”

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Do you think he meant to write “uninhibited nature of free speech on the Internet.”

Just what I was going to ask.

Of course, if I said that to end jihad, we need to "kill all Muslims", I would be strongly testing just how uninhibited the "internet" really is.

[gonzo]

Thanks, TIW. Saved me from posting the same question .................. FRegards

[AustralianConservative]

I see that Europe is waking up BIG time. Switzerland is banning minarets. The French are banning burkas. The Dutch are voting to stop radical immigration. And so on. In Australia, there is also a backlash (as you say).

[AustralianConservative]

Right that was a typo (now corrected).