YOOOO HOOO!

But that is because I’m not tribal. I do not regard such violent acts as a strategic victory, for someone who is “on my side”. I regard them as an assault upon the civil society in which we all live. If they, the crooks, win, we all lose.
This is why British people tend to shop criminals to the police. This is why getting caught with a bucket of drowned kittens gets you busted. And this is why most British criminals find short shrift from their fellow countrymen, whether they be witnesses or juries.
This is widespread among the British population. It is like a genetic marker of a civil society. It is a measure of all the stuff no-one gets to do in front of me, without repercussions.

And in a significant sector of our population, it’s missing.

But that is because I’m not tribal. I do not regard such violent acts as a strategic victory, for someone who is “on my side”. I regard them as an assault upon the civil society in which we all live. If they, the crooks, win, we all lose. This is why British people tend to shop criminals to the police. And this is why most British criminals find short shrift from their fellow countrymen, whether they be witnesses or juries.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/09/racist-attacks-students-city-university

You’re the one who’s disparaging him and questioning his motives– not me.

And unlike you, Monty, Shah is spending a year in a dangerous place, away from a family he deeply loves, to serve his country– and, if you live in the UK, your country too. What are you doing?

Committment to the rule of law is the relevant thing.

You don’t defeat terrorism, gun crime, or any other assault on society using peaceful passive acquiescent people, who never say, or do, anything. You can only do it with the assistance of people who actively uphold the common law. Such people are assets. We have almost none in the UK.

What is it that makes specialist Shah look like an asset? All he cared about during the attack was his own family. All he cares about now is publishing something, anything, that passes muster, depending on who is winning right now, but also mollifying everyone else, just to keep on the safe side. Calling something tragic, saves you from having to say it is outrageous, or unjustifiable.

And this is where I agree with Gene, though I think he will not like my rationale. It is quite easy to find muslims like Shah, all over the western world.