Yet nothing was done to stop him. He was not detained for questioning. He was allowed to kill and maim innocent victims. Why?

For one thing, the US Army, and the government bend over backwards to avoid appearing to be anti-Muslim. Up to a point, the Army and our government should not oppose any religion or its members so long as neither poses a serious threat of initiating violence. But freedom of religion is not a legalization of murder for those who claim to be murdering in observance of a religion. The truth is, the Koran urges vigorous self-defense for those attacked and prevented from practicing their religion, but there is no other advocacy or approval of violence.

It is the radical jihadists who murder and advocate murder who are to blame for the Muslim religion being viewed with suspicion and even opposition by much of the world's population in recent years. The religion itself is not to blame. The vast majority of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims are not murderers and have no intention of killing except in obvious and immediate self-defense. Even some former radical jihadists have become activists in exposing the improper, anti-Koran, and anti-Muhammad teachings of the radicals, as discussed in The Peace Prescription.

A second reason that the Ft. Hood massacre was allowed to occur is that the Peace Law is not yet the law in the United States, or, to a proper extent, anywhere in the world. Advocating murder, war, and destruction, and joining with such advocates, are not yet against the law. It leaves people like the Ft. Hood murderer free to communicate with fellow assassins and murder advocates, and to carefully plan and carry out violence.

We need the Peace Law, as fully explained in The Peace Prescription. Under that Law, any person who seriously advocates violence would be subject to arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment.  The Peace Law will make it difficult for people to organize for violence and war. Any person who can be identified as a significant, real threat to public safety could, by court order, be detained for a limited time frame, such as three days, for medical, psychological, and forensic evaluation. The courts would then decide what needs to be done as a matter of justice and to guard public safety, following such evaluation. Do we have the right to prevent murder? I think any answer other than "Yes!" borders on suicidal insanity for us as individuals and as a society.

Does the safety of you, your family, and those you care about, interest you? Then begin small steps: Speak up for the Peace Law to people you know; contact public officials with letters, phone calls and emails. Refer people to The Peace Prescription book and this Blog site. 

Let's be active in the quest to lessen the chances of events such as the Ft. Hood massacre from happening in the future. It will take time, perhaps a generation, to develop a peace maintenance environment. And, that's only if WE begin that process. If we wait for others, the government, politicians, international organizations, we will wait forever. It's you and me, and everyone we know, or don't count on it ever happening.

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