It appears that all but one of these many acts of piracy was committed
by Muslims.

Once upon a time the USA had the common sense, the will and the sense
of self preservation to punish pirates, viz the Barbary Pirates who
were severely curtailed by the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines in the
early 1800s. (Hence "The Shores of Tripoli" in the Marine anthem) It
is worth noting that the Barbary Pirates were also Muslims

Today we could not possibly do so because it would be soooo
politically incorrect to persecute any member of this "great"
religion. Why, the ACLU would have the government in court faster
than a personal injury lawyer at a plane crash site and the "New York
Times" would come out with banner attack headlines. The rest of the
American main-stream media would follow in lock-step.

Flame away, liberal assholes!

There are bad Muslims and good Muslims, just as there are bad
Christians and good Christians. Prejudice means to pre judge, that
is, you make your decision before you have the facts. Prejudice keeps
you from distinguishing between good and bad. You either assume that
all members of some group, race, tribe, or nationality have the exact
same traits. Logic and experience should alert you that such sameness
is very unlikely.

The answer is to look at the facts. For those Muslims who are
pirates, terrorist, murderers etc. let's punish them severely. For
those Muslims who are gentle, caring, productive people, let's
encourage them and befriend them so that they will increase in
numbers. For Christians who murder and steal and try to impose their
religion on everybody else in the world, let's punish them. For those
Christians who love their fellow humans and try to put the loving
teaching of Jesus into practice, let's encourage and befriend them.

All the ACLU is asking you to do is treat individuals as individuals.
If the facts show that a particular person is bad, lay on the
punishment. If the person is good, even though many of his/her group
are bad, do not punish the person for the sins of the majority of the
group. To do otherwise is to wallow in stupidity -- "don't confuse me
with the facts; let me just hate all members of a group without having
to think."

In life it is very important to distinguish between your friends and
your enemies. You cannot do that on a group basis. You have to do it
on a person-by-person basis.

Lee Huddleston