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Kill religion. All religion. Radical Islam is the enemy du jour. But all non-rational, non-objective belief systems remove people from their grip on reality. This makes them a danger to themselves and others in countless ways. You can't fight this problem by taking away people's belongings on planes. If this keeps up, we'll be flying sedated and naked before long. Even that wouldn't stop a determined suicide bomber who could swallow plastic explosives wrapped in condoms, like a drug mule.
We need to see Islam AND other religions for the vicious culprits they are. Religious messages promoting violence in any form should be considered capital offenses. If an Imam or preacher of any stripe tells people that "god wants them to do X" and X is a violent act, that person should be immediately arrested. Yes, I'm advocating taking away some free speech. But such speech should be seen for what it is: conspiracy to commit terrorism. We need this strong regulation of religion, since it obviously can't police itself. Until America and other secular democracies understand this, we will keep having terrorism, and we will deserve whatever we get.
