FIRE OR ICE

FIRE OR ICE, WHICH IS MORE DEADLY? 8TH CENTURY MUSLIM AGGRESSION OR 21ST CENTURY DEPRAVITY? IRAN PUNISHES UNION DISSENTERS BY FILLETING THEIR TONGUES AND STONES WOMEN FOR ADULTERY. DEADLY STUFF. IN AMERICA, A MOTHERS BUYS HER DAUGHTER NAMED KAITLN STAR DOLLARS THAT CAN BE REDEEMED ON STARDOLL.COM., AN ONLINE INTERNET SITE WITH A VIRTUAL WORLD TARGETING FEMALE PRE-TEENS. KAITLIN SAYS, "YOU GET TO REALLY SHOW OFF YOUR PERSONALITY." WHAT KILLER HEDONISM.
IN CONTRAST, ADMONITIONS FROM THE KORAN SUPPRESS EGO GRATIFICATION BY DICTATING HOW BELIEVERS MUST CONFORM TO ALLAH'S RULES OF CONDUCT.

THESE TWO EXAMPLES OF SYMPTOMS OF OUR TIMES PIT LUKEWARM MORAL BEHAVIOR (AN ICY INDIFFERENCE) AGAINST FIERY DEVOTION TO RELIGIOUS BELIEF. BOTH DENY REALITY. IMPROPERLY FUNCTIONING AS A PARENT, KAITLIN'S MOTHER FAILS TO SEE THAT AT 13, HER DAUGHTER NEEDS GUIDANCE IN FORMING HER MORALITY AND PERSONALITY. IMPROPERLY FUNCTIONING AS MORAL GUIDES, MUSLIM IMAMS DENY THE USEFULNESS OF COMMON SENSE AND HUMANENESS.

FIRE OR ICE? LIKE FROST IN HIS POEM (FIRE AND ICE), THE WORLD DANGEROUSLY EQUIVOCATES.