The Rational Argumentator
A Journal for Western Man-- Issue IV
                                             An Address to Fundamentalists
                          
In response to the unwarranted destruction of the World Trade Center
                                                         
G. Stolyarov II

After the world had placed in you such trust
An act of terrorism commit you must.
After a conference declaring you were right,
You claimed the lives of thousands to your delight.
Your reasons flawed, your vision blind with hate,
You had ordained for innocents so pitiful a fate.
Because of nationalism and fanatical ideal,
Because of vehement displays of how you feel,
You’ve murdered; and to change that is too late.

Too long have you confined the world in bonds of fear.
The people will not bear intimidation here.
With puffy flames by which grand buildings fell,
You have forfeit your petty lives as well.
For justice does dwell still in people all around.
Only great enmity have you in others found.
We will not parlay with you as we did before,
All thoughts of right demand a sacred war
To extinguish hate, to quell desire to kill,
With arms of justice your headquarters fill.
You will not stand a chance against morality,
You will be shunned by even your own God,
For you cannot escape the grim reality
That you’ve revealed: Islamic Fundamentalism’s fraud.

September 11, 2001
G. Stolyarov II is a science fiction novelist, independent philosophical essayist, poet, contributor to Enter Stage Right Internet Magazine, and Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator. He can be contacted at gennadystolyarovii@yahoo.com.
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