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Confessions of a Homeschool Dad
Nov. 28, 2006
Childrens' Innoculation with the American Virus Keeps Us Safe!
With all that's going on in our world, it's understandable that some folks get a bit jumpy at the thought of terrorism. Particularly local terrorism.
While I understand that "only 1%" of Muslims ascribe to any radical, bomb-your-way-to-96-virgins sort of theology, that still numbers somewhere around 10,000,000 people.
And how do I know that my next door neighbor isn't one of them?
The answer, if they have kids, is that the American Virus is keeping us safe.
THE AMERICAN VIRUS
I have been to a number of devout Muslim homes over the last few months. I don't mean the ones where the women are wearing just a headscarf as a tribute to their religion. No, they're so caught up in "Western" fashion (it's interesting to see the headscarf with a tight shirt and tight jeans) that they obviously aren't going to be bombing anyone or raising little bombers.
I mean the full-on, burqua-wearing, "can't be seen outside my house by a man" Muslims. Even these housholds are infected by the American Virus.
What is the American Virus? It is everything about the culture that people cross hundreds of miles of open water in a raft to get to. It is the freedom to do more or less what you want without a government official snatching you in the night. It is the hyper-availability of everything, all the time.
WHAT INFECTION LOOKS LIKE
In these devout Muslim households that I've visited, I've noticed that the children have been infected and have started to infect their parents.
There are 3 TVs blaring "Dora the Expolorer" while children on some sort of sugar high chase each other around with Light Sabers. The kids rooms are wallpapered in SpongeBob SquarePants / My Little Pony wallpaper and filled to the gills with Barbie and Transformers toys.
Their parents might not like parts of the culture (heck - *I* don't like large parts of the culture!), but they love the freedom. The love the junk. And they've been infected with the American Virus.
These are not people who are going to strap on a bomb tomorrow (even a "My Little Pony" bomb) and end it all.
So, feel free to worry a little less, America. More effective than anything Homeland Security can come up with, The American Virus is keeping us safe in our own country.
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