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Jihad Watch reader John passes along this sad news about a frequent poster at Jihad Watch, Dominic -- necessitasnonhabetlegem.
Your email address was found by me in my brother's address book on his computer and because of that I felt that as Dominic's oldest brother and executor I have to inform you that my much loved brother Dominic was called home to God in the early hours of Tuesday morning. My dearly beloved brother was involved in a road traffic accident at about 19:30hrs. on Monday evening on his way back to London after a weekend archaeological rescue dig in the Home Counties. It appears at the moment that Dominic deliberately drove his Porsche off the road in order to avoid a road traffic accident in front of him. In so doing his car hit a concrete lamp-post stanchion and he sustained serious injuries. Dominic was taken to the A&E Department of a local NHS hospital and went into emergency surgery about an hour and a half later. We are assured by the hospital chaplain that Dominic received the last rites shortly before going into the operating theatre and was conscious enough to respond appropriately. After a six hour operation he was released in a comatose condition into intensive care. He was called home to God at three-thirty-five a.m. on Tuesday morning without regaining conciousness. I and his parents.... (Rest of the paragraph has personal information.)In accordance with our family traditions we will say Mass in the Anglican Rite for the repose of Dominic's soul every day for one year after his calling home starting at 8:00 a.m. every day. Should you wish to join us in that prayer whichever religion you may follow then please say the appropriate prayers of your Rite or Religion at about 08:15 a.m. each day and know that we will be reciting the Kontakion in his memory at about the same time. Dominic, my dear, dear little brother will be remembered in the Mass thereafter on each anniversary of his death and birth for ever.
Please forgive this bald and bare email. I never anticipated that I would have to act so on behalf of the little brother whom I loved so much and who meant so much to me. My eyes and my senses are clouded by my tears and much as I trust that I will see him again it is hard for me and my family to accept that such a vibrant and ardent little person is gone from us into the greater glory of God.
"Eternal rest give unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him."
"Oh, my brother know, if you know naught else, that I loved you!"
Jihad Watch reader Arjun adds:
I was shocked at this mail. The days since are just a blur. I did not even have the courage to send a condolence mail. It is only today that I will send my last respects. I have yet to face reality. Our Dominic is no more. Posters who want to send condolences please send them at arjun.sevak@rediffmail.com. I shall forward them to his family.
Posted by Robert at March 9, 2007 5:18 AM
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What a sad way to start the day...thoughts and prayers for the family.
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at March 9, 2007 5:31 AM
What a dreadful piece of news. I have mentally said a prayer to God for Dominic's soul. He was a part of the scene here, and he will be greatly missed.
Posted by: Paolo at March 9, 2007 5:38 AM
Very sad news.
My thoughts are with his family and friends.
He will be missed.
Just been reading through some of his comments on here and elsewhere and thought about reposting one with this but decided against it.
R.I.P. Dom.
Posted by: kasper1062 at March 9, 2007 6:10 AM
Dominic you were a good person up to the end, saving lives and causing your loss of your own. May you rest in Peace, and to your family may you find condolence in knowing your brother was such a good man.
Posted by: ZenaWarriorPrincess at March 9, 2007 6:21 AM
A tragic loss, he will be missed on this forum, both he and his family will be in my prayers.
Rest in peace Dominic
Posted by: km at March 9, 2007 6:32 AM
My prayers for Dominic's family.
I remember when Dominic first came on this site. His post was very illuminating. His last post on the Exeter university lecturer, was an incisive and well informed critique. I was looking forward to more contributions from him. He will be missed.
at March 9, 2007 6:37 AM
My condolences to Dominic's family.
I am thankful to Dominic for his thoughtful contributions here, and for his moral support and helpful comments regarding a project which I and a few other posters are working on.
Posted by: Khaybar Oasis at March 9, 2007 6:49 AM
A sad loss to all on JW his informed posts will be missed.
Rest in peace Dominic.
Posted by: Fred at March 9, 2007 6:51 AM
Touch the face of God Dominic.
Posted by: Cornelius at March 9, 2007 7:08 AM
I'm not real good at this. I will miss Dominic. His intelligent comments were illuminating. Sad day.
Posted by: Pelayo at March 9, 2007 7:10 AM
What a terrible shock
Posted by: Holger Dansker at March 9, 2007 7:14 AM
My condolences to Dominic's family for your loss.
Posted by: Daffersd at March 9, 2007 7:17 AM
Yes it is sad news, my condolence to his family.
Posted by: OLD SARGE at March 9, 2007 7:24 AM
I'm really really sorry to hear this.
I'm in a state of shock.
I didn't alwyas treat Dominic very well, because of my prejudice against the British class system, but he always answered my posts with decency and good grace.
He was a highly intellectual and knowledgable person.
I'm very very sorry Dominic.
I hope that his family accepts my condolences on his passing.
Posted by: Voltaire
at March 9, 2007 7:26 AM
Requiescat in pace
Posted by: venividivici at March 9, 2007 7:29 AM
Dominic was not only an intellectual inspiration but a spiritual inspiration. We have truly lost a kinsmen today.
Posted by: Briars at March 9, 2007 7:31 AM
My condolences to Dominic's family, too. But please remember that Jesus Christ is risen, and hence stronger than death itself.
Kepha
Posted by: Kepha at March 9, 2007 7:34 AM
What a sad day.
Dominic had a rare mind - his postings were always lucid, unfailingly courteous and often brilliant. What a loss to his family and friends, including all of us at Jihad Watch. He will be sorely missed.
Posted by: ImNoDhimmi at March 9, 2007 7:45 AM
My heartfelt thoughts and prayers to Dominic's family. May he look down from above and whisper in God's ear to aid us in our efforts to educate others on the dangers we face.
at March 9, 2007 8:07 AM
Rest in peace, Dominic. Our loss is Heaven's gain.
D.C. Watson
Posted by: DCWatson at March 9, 2007 8:17 AM
Sad, sad news!! May Dominic rest in God's true, eternal peace and grace.
“May he whisper God's ear to aid us in our efforts to educate others on the dangers we face”
Well said jhl952! A very great thought that was, indeed!
at March 9, 2007 8:19 AM
An able and intelligent man.
Posted by: tokyobk at March 9, 2007 8:34 AM
May I add my humble condolences for Dominic and his family? A prayer also, for him and his family that they may be comforted in this time of sorrow.
Posted by: witness at March 9, 2007 8:51 AM
Very sad news. I had some very good conversations with Dominic and I enjoyed reading his posts. An intelligent and insightful man who will be missed.
Rest in Peace.
parker.
Posted by: parker at March 9, 2007 8:55 AM
Farewell, Dominic. You will be missed.
Posted by: Stendec at March 9, 2007 8:56 AM
He will indeed be missed. Even though we never met, I feel that I knew him as a scholar, a gentleman and an ardent defender of his faith and culture.
Posted by: MP at March 9, 2007 9:08 AM
I did not know him well, but so very much appreciated his illuminating information on the issue of Temple Mount.
Rest in Peace
I think he would be glad to see this headline from Israel Today.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007 by Staff Writer
Police arrest Sheikh Raed Salah
Police arrested Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement’s Northern Front on Wednesday along with one of his followers for flying Palestinian and Syrian flags at a protest in Arab East Jerusalem’s Wadi Joz neighborhood.
We can all remember this guy as the guy who was egging the Pals on about the Temple Mount.
God Bless
Aunt Bea
at March 9, 2007 9:10 AM
Dominic, RIP-
That stinks. My brother (age 34) died as the result of an accident. It's so hard for people left behind. God bless Dominic, God bless his brother.
at March 9, 2007 9:15 AM
And let us say to islam: "Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell! I took thee for a better."
Dominic.
Posted by: necessitasnonhabetlegem at January 22, 2007 08:21 PM
"Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince;
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
Malinois
Posted by: Malinois at March 9, 2007 9:30 AM
It is a great loss at any time to lose a brother or sister fighter.
One particularly liked this dude given his depth and intellect. He will be missed.
May he rest with God. Condolences to the family.
Posted by: dgene at March 9, 2007 9:32 AM
Jihad Watch reader John provided us all the opportunity to offer our condolences in this sad loss. For that I wish to thank John as well.
Rest in peace Dominic. Your insight will be greatly missed. May your family find comfort in learning how many of us there are out here in cyber space sharing their loss and offering our prayers.
at March 9, 2007 9:34 AM
Very sad indeed. My heartfelt condololences to Dominic's family.
at March 9, 2007 9:39 AM
Dear John And Family,
Condolences to yous and may God give Dominic eternal rest and peace.
Bigcatgirl
Posted by: bigcatgirl13106 at March 9, 2007 9:40 AM
My, what a loss.
His posts were always among my favorites to read.
at March 9, 2007 9:43 AM
My most heartfelt condolences and prayers for Dominic's family and friends for their loss.
I had always appreciated his insightful postings here; he will be missed.
Posted by: eve_anne_gelical at March 9, 2007 9:57 AM
Dominic was a passionate and thoughtful poster. I looked specifically for his name on posts and read them with special interest.
We will miss you Dominic. We will not forget you.
Posted by: Ynkedoodl2 at March 9, 2007 10:00 AM
How tragic. The level of quality in his posts was an inspiration. His contributions to Jihad Watch will be missed sorely. I have sent my condolences to Arjun in an email to be forwarded to Dominic's family. I urge everyone at Jihad Watch to do the same if they feel so inclined. If his family is reading this thread, please know that they have my deepest personal sympathies.
Posted by: Zenster at March 9, 2007 10:04 AM
My deepest sympathy goes out to Dominic's family and friends for their loss, and for the loss felt here by JW/DW community, as well.
Posted by: awake at March 9, 2007 10:09 AM
Please convey my heartfelt condolences to Dominic's family. Though I didn't know Dominic personally, I have always enjoyed reading Dominic's posts on JihadWatch. In all his writings, Dominic came across as a warm, gentle and loving personality. I don't think I've come across anyone who writes in a more self-efficating manner than did Dominic. He remains a model to me on how one should engage in public discourse.
Posted by: Razdan at March 9, 2007 10:28 AM
May Dominic rest in peace.
His brother's words were touching...
My prayers to his family.
at March 9, 2007 10:33 AM
My heartfelt condolences to Dominic’s family and friends.
Congratulations Dominic, you have finished the race.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom 6:23)
Posted by: Bar at March 9, 2007 10:59 AM
Dominic rocked. He cared, and he cared enough to go find out about it and then come back in here share what he found. He was always a good read.
RIP.
Posted by: Alarmed Pig Farmer at March 9, 2007 11:00 AM
Several hundred postings by Dominic can be found at this site by googling "Posted by necessitasnonhabetlegem." A few others can be added by googling "Posted by dominic" or "Posted by Dominic."
Here is one, from December, not about the theory of Islam, but about the practice, as he, an Infidel, was merely taking the Tube, and that recent experience may have soured him on that form of transportation:
"I could not agree more with your last post if I tried. Yes, of course, moslems are an alien body in our midst. Every day in London - on the tube, in shops, in parks, whilst shopping, whilst going about the 101 tasks that make up an average life - this is borne in on me.
In London today moslems dress differently, are rude to locals, jump queues, shout at us, wave their fists at us, call us 'worthless infidel' in public and in loud voices. I have, just four days ago, been elbowed aside by a moslem couple, with sidekicks, whilst trying to top up my Oyster card at a tube station at the automatic machine. Apparently, I had taken longer than the ten seconds that they were prepared to wait and so three burly males forced me aside and, when I objected, pushed me to the floor and - quite literally - and took over the machine which I was attempting to use.
Not, in a crowded and impatient city like London that this was a surprise, but that in this instance that I was insulted by these people was a surprise. The eldest male in the group, dressed in the usual and ridiculous garb of mohammedans everywhere, looked directly at me amd said, in quite clear English, (and I quote verbatim) "Get out of our way infidel slave".
You may imagine how I felt at that moment. To be so insulted in my own capital city was stunning. It took all my self-control not to do something rash at that moment.
Knowing that CCTV cameras would have captured this incident I complained, some three hours later (after having completed my journey and return), to the British Transport Police on the Broadway. I need not have bothered. Not only would no-one there take my complaint of 'technical assault and insult' seriously but no-one to whom I spoke was even prepared to initiate any paperwork whatsoever nor were they remotely prepared to find and look at the video recordings. Indeed, one Officer even said to me that I 'should swallow my pride' and live with it because - and, once again, I quote verbatim 'you are just being racist and you have to remember that it's cultural with them'.
Obviously, at this point, I indicated that I felt that I had been physically assaulted and that I would really like to have my complaint investigated. Well, this is really where everything about that evening begins to stick in my craw. When I said that, the Officer of the BTP who was listening to me actually cautioned me and warned me that if I persisted with making a nuisance of myself I would be charged under the The Race Relations Act 1976 and the RRAA (Race Relations (Amendment) Act) 2000.
I gave up at this point. Cowardice is sometimes the better part of valour. But, damn it, they won, didn't they? I have been intimidated into a dhimmi position by them and the very powers which should have protected me in my own country.
"Happy New Year everyone", I say in a bitter tone of voice.
Dominic.
[Posted by: necessitasnonhabetlegem at December 31, 2006 11:14 PM]
Posted by: Hugh at March 9, 2007 11:04 AM
I am really sorry to read this. I appreciated Dominic's intelligent contributions enormously. So often he said what I was thinking.
WSW
Posted by: Wild Slutty Womens at March 9, 2007 11:12 AM
Dominic,
Hugh’s post shows who the brave man was and who the cowards were. Dominic was courageous beyond words and I am shocked and saddened. We have lost a great ally but we can honor his memory by seeing this fight through to the bitter end. Someday Dominic you will look down to see that we have retaken your beloved homeland, until then rest in peace and be sure that your memory follows us wherever we go. My heart bleeds for Dominic’s family, friends and all others who had the opportunity to know him for the kind and decent soul that he was. He will be missed.
at March 9, 2007 11:26 AM
That is bad news to hear.
My thoughts and prayers are with Dominics family.
One more fallen warrior. Not good.
Rest in Peace Dominic, whereever you are.
Job well done.
at March 9, 2007 11:29 AM
Both Dominic and his intelligent and articulate posts will be deeply missed. May his memory be eternal.
Posted by: Provoslavni at March 9, 2007 11:29 AM
My deepest condolences to Dominic's bereaved family. He died like a hero and surely ended true to his name, derived from Latin 'Dominicus': of the Lord.
We will miss him.
Posted by: Dunk at March 9, 2007 11:30 AM
This is very sad.
My thoughts are with his family.
'necessitas non habet legem' his words will continue to become more and more relevant to those living in the UK
Posted by: MrTommyAtkins at March 9, 2007 11:35 AM
What a terrible loss for this site. Dominic was one of my favorite posters here-one of the most literate and cultured, but not stuffy. The one time we traded posts a few months ago (regarding the latest idiocy from Iran's President) he showed a great sense of humor-few people can switch between a humorous writing style and one more serious like he was able to do. He will be missed greatly.
Posted by: ISLAMSFORLOSERS at March 9, 2007 11:36 AM
Like everyone above, I am stunned at this news. My condolences to his family.
Another experience Dominic had was when he posted here on his old job, and had to leave because of his refusal to stop visiting this site while on the job. This was an eye-opening experience as well, and spoke to his courage. I don't think his above experience at the tube was any indication of cowardice - there is a difference between courage, and simply doing something rash. His decision to quit his old job rather than let them tell him which websites he could or couldn't visit - apparently before he got a new job - spoke more about his courage than that altercation at the tube.
Again, RIP, Dominic
Posted by: Infidel Pride at March 9, 2007 11:39 AM
This is extremely sad news. I hope Dominic's family will take the time to follow Hugh's suggestion and google his many posts here. I just found this one:
"One of the greatest of poets in the English language (English, not American English, for America was yet to be borne at his time of writing - although America was later to take him to its soul) was John Milton. Yes! He of Comus, of Arcades, of Il Penseroso, of the Paradises (Lost and Found).
For me, however, his greatest thought, his greatest verse, comes from (I think - school was so long ago) the Areopagitica written, by all accounts, in 1644 and, to my mind, most apposite to this thread -
"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.""
--------------------------
And so Dominic did, and beautifully too I might add.
Posted by: Caroline at March 9, 2007 11:39 AM
A member of our JW family is gone,
rest in peace with the assurance of the resurrection, Dominic.
at March 9, 2007 11:43 AM
Great Britain and the Free World have lost a Patriot. To Dominic’s family and those who loved him I wish the Peace that Time provides, and the Comfort that Memories offer. I am so sorry.
Posted by: Shakey_Premise at March 9, 2007 11:45 AM
Thanks for the writings Dominic; RIP.
Posted by: pez at March 9, 2007 11:51 AM
“I don't think his above experience at the tube was any indication of cowardice” by Infidel Pride.
Could you make an attempt to understand my post regarding Heroism and Cowardice?
I will make it simple, Dominic=Courage, islamists/police=cowards. I would have preferred to leave this thread as comments to Dominic and family, out of respect for him.
at March 9, 2007 11:57 AM
My condolences from a fellow gay Infidel. Dominic and I had starkly differing opinions re Christianity. Even though we never directly addressed each other on this blog, seeing him as a contributor on JW/DW made this largely anti-gay, intolerant (towards homosexuals) and increasingly Christianist website somehow palatable. (One need only look to the newest contributors on this site, which have managed to degenerate posts into non-sensical, irrelevant albeit anti-Islamic, pro-Christian rantings that damage the integrity of this site/project.)
Now Dominic has left us now. And his loss of contribution to this site is all the more tragic to me. I would be interested in contacting his brother, if he would believes that it would be possible for non-family members to attend his funeral, or at least, send flowers. I can be reached at Dhimmiinfidel@yahoo.com
at March 9, 2007 12:02 PM
"literate and cultured, but not stuffy"
ISLAMSFORLOSERS
-----
Exactly right. If ever there was someone who seemed to be ideal for a high-brow and yet spirited discussion in a non-stuffy setting, it would be Dominic. The first time I read one his posts, I thought, it would be really fun to hang out with Dominic at a pub.
God Bless Dominic and his loved ones. We all leave our marks on others. May we all strive to make it a good one. If there a pubs in heaven, I hope to buy Dominic a drink some day.
Posted by: JSobieski at March 9, 2007 12:10 PM
tgusa
I wasn't responding to you: I was responding to the comment Dominic made about himself in the post that Hugh cited:
I gave up at this point. Cowardice is sometimes the better part of valour. But, damn it, they won, didn't they? I have been intimidated into a dhimmi position by them and the very powers which should have protected me in my own country.My point about his courage being better reflected in quitting his job was in response to this quote. In that vein, my comments were exactly what you wished it would be - a dedication to Dominic.
at March 9, 2007 12:13 PM
Thank you Mr. Spencer for sharing this with his online family.
May God comfort and hold his family and friends in memories of love and a knowing they will be united with him in a better world some day. In His Name. Amen
Posted by: Lame Cherry at March 9, 2007 12:15 PM
Dominic ~
You will be greatly missed, and we will all think of you often.
I lost my mother in a car accident when I was 21, and I was in shock for months, so I understand (in part) the grief the family is facing.
My 'deepest' and most heartfelt condolences to Dominic's brother and the family. My prayers are with you, and may the Lord carry you through this time of sorrow.
Posted by: champ at March 9, 2007 12:26 PM
Dominic You will be missed. RIP
My condolences to his family.
Posted by: Dsinc at March 9, 2007 12:32 PM
"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.""
I was wondering if we could find a little spot to post this quote from Milton permanently on the site, as a way to always remind all of us of an absent comrade or two.
Aunt Bea
at March 9, 2007 12:40 PM
Kafir Nonbeliever:
I do wish you hadn't used this as an occasion to vent your paranoia. It's interesting that you would label this a "Christianist website," whatever that means, on the basis of our having Christian contributors, but have never labeled it an "atheist website" because we have atheist contributors.
As I have said many times, we need to forge a large alliance of all the actual and potential victims of jihad and Islamic supremacism. Hysterical paranoia doesn't help that effort.
Cordially
Robert Spencer
at March 9, 2007 12:41 PM
My apologies Infidel Pride,
The fact that they will hunt you down if they can coupled with the actions that we all know the police will take(you could be arrested yourself). Now add the fact he was no doubt on video tape and the islamists have been openly hired by the gubment and could be involved in screening the tape, what he did was quite brave don’t you think? A wise man once told me, if you are outnumbered and you don’t have to make a stand, withdraw, regroup and come at them at a time when you have the advantage. I assume Dominic knew this as well.
Ya know what many people are sick of Kafir, its not gays, its gays that are so wrapped up in themselves that everything is all about them that’s what. I’m this, me that, get over yourself, you can’t even let a person die without hurling insults and turning it in to something about you.
at March 9, 2007 12:43 PM
tgusa
No offense taken. I re-read Hugh's citation, and realized what you meant: by refusing to even take down his complaint because the complaints were against Muslims, the police showed what cowards they were. What I didn't factor in was this point - that despite cameras being on display that could 'incriminate' him, he went ahead with attempting to complain anyway. Of course, whether he had those cameras in mind or not, or whether he worried about being targeted as a vendetta is something only he knew. Given the other incident I mentioned, I'm giving him that benefit of the doubt, and not just because he's no longer with us.
Kafir
There's a lot you could have learned from Dominic. You still can - given that his posts are still out there.
Posted by: Infidel Pride at March 9, 2007 12:56 PM
My heartfelt condolences to Dominic's family. Dominic brought a unique, educated, and entertaining viewpoint to all of his writing. I will miss his presence greatly. God bless.
Posted by: special_guest at March 9, 2007 1:09 PM
Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who said…I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.
And this is the hope we have for Dominic, who has gone on ahead of us. May knowing that he is rejoicing in heaven in the presence of our Savior who loves him, serve as a comfort to his grieving family and friends. My deepest sympathies for this loss, and we will miss him.
Posted by: Stand fast in the liberty at March 9, 2007 1:25 PM
A safe and beautiful Journey Home, Dominic ...
You cannot be gone so long that we will ever forget you. And you can never go so far that you will move outside the sphere of the love we have for you. Wiser than we will decide when you stay and when you go. But know this: you will be missed. Yours was an intelligent, educated voice and yours, a uniquely clear vision.
Fly away, Dominic ... but know we will never forget you and that we celebrate your life in the many wonderful memories we have of you.
Godspeed, Friend ...
Posted by: Morgaan Sinclair at March 9, 2007 1:25 PM
Robert,
Just as an addendum to what you said, it's very clear that this site allows a tremendous spread of opinions and orientations. JW has never done such a thing as apply the screening devices that that of Esmay, designed to make unwelcome those of any particular orientation. Certainly there are very conservative Christians aboard, but there are almost Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists (haven't seen any Jains or Sikhs yet, but I may have missed them), as well as secular ethicists and atheists, Leftists, Rightists, men, women, and probably some categories I haven't thought of.
And as far as tolerance of gays goes, I haven't seen any intolerance in here at all.
As Richard Rosendall worte, quoting Bawer:
QUOTING:
A judge of the Shari'ah Court of the UK signed a death order against Terrence McNally for depicting Jesus Christ (who is revered in Islam) as gay in his play Corpus Christi. Muslim gangs commit savage assaults on busy streets while crowds look on passively. Researchers don't dare gather statistics on the rise in gay-bashings lest they be seen as criticizing Muslims. Describing his awakening to the threat, Bawer wrote, ''Pat Robertson just wanted to deny me marriage; the imams wanted to drop a wall on me.'' If current trends continue, European imams will have the votes to do it in a few generations.
END QUOTE:
This site is far, far from being the kind of problem for gays that Islam is. And so is even the most conservative Christian orientation. Some do see homosexuality as sinful, but none of them espouse violence towards gays. So even the aspersion cast on fundamentalist Christians just isn't correct.
Posted by: Morgaan Sinclair at March 9, 2007 1:42 PM
While Kafir Nonbeliever's paranoia is inept, I wouldn't call it "hysterical"; an extravagant use of the word that Dominic, in his talented sense of the right moments to flourish in his sentences, would have been wise enough to avoid.
To Dominic (floruit donicum anno Domini MMVII ):
In our schoolbooks we say,
Of those that held their heads above the crowd,
They flourish'd then or then.
-- Tennyson
Posted by: remote_control at March 9, 2007 2:01 PM
When those Muslim thugs pushed Dominic to the ground, he knew something they did not...
"Dico vobis, descendit hic iustificatus in domum suam ab illo, quia omnis qui se exaltat, humiliabitur, et qui se humiliat, exaltabitur." (Luke 18.14)
Posted by: teachingmyown at March 9, 2007 2:06 PM
The experience of Dominic with his employer re: his ability to surf this website is recounted here
What was audacious about this was that not only did his employer try to muzzle him at work, but they even tried to restrict what he did from home. When he refused, they showed him the door. He could have chosen to fold, but didn't. Good for him.
Posted by: Infidel Pride at March 9, 2007 2:09 PM
Rest in peace, Dominic
Posted by: La Frontera at March 9, 2007 2:21 PM
He was a patient man who never lost sight of the fact that we are all the children of God.
Awake, sleeper,
rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine upon you.
Ephesians 5.14
at March 9, 2007 2:23 PM
As is often said, it’s circa 1938 Germany magnified 100x all over the world. Clearly his former employer deserves to be thrown to hungry lions, at the very least the company should be exposed and shunned for their treatment of Dominic their insult to free people every where. Anyone know the name of this islamopoligist company? Would an article highlighting this company on D/W be appropriate?
Posted by: tgusa at March 9, 2007 2:33 PM
This is very sad news about Dominic.
My condolences to his family and I will certainly remember Dominic in my prayers.
Rest in peace Dominic and may you be resurrected through Christ to eternal life in paradise.
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
at March 9, 2007 3:09 PM
Dominic was indeed special. I wonder how many of his backgroud would nowadays become anonymous warriors in a fight like ours. He had candor. He was genuine.
It's a great loss.
at March 9, 2007 3:24 PM
Remote:
"Hysterical," i.e., irrational, hyper-emotional, unfounded on fact.
I stand by the word.
Robert Spencer
Posted by: jihadwatch at March 9, 2007 3:25 PM
Robert ...
I thought that was a quite appropriate word you used [s] ... for what my 2 cents is worth.
Cheers,
Morgaan
at March 9, 2007 3:36 PM
"Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Everything remains as it was.
The old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no sorrow in your tone.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effort
Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was.
There is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner.
All is well. Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting, when we meet again."
RIP Dominic
at March 9, 2007 4:09 PM
Although we all grieve at the loss of our friend Dominic, I think it is fitting that we got the news today on the feast day of St. Dominic Savio, another young man who died too young, was always cheerful and considerate of other's feelings and who was judged to have displayed heroic courage.
As far as the tube incident, he did the right thing by going to the authorities and not trying to fight three psychos who have no respect for other people's lives, rights or way of doing things. Dominic was the better man, always treating the people here with respect. It's easy to be a knuckle dragging thug; it's much harder to be a man who tries to do the right thing, even when it took "all (his) self-control not to do something rash at that moment."
May God bless you and keep you and hold you in His hands, Dominic. You will be greatly missed.
Posted by: Isabellathecrusader at March 9, 2007 4:23 PM
My sincere and heartfelt sympathies to Dominic and his family.All the more distressing because of his youth.
May His Dear Soul Rest In Peace.
There is, however, a positive here to keep us going: we are a big global family who really care about each other even though we have never met.
Posted by: Gramfan at March 9, 2007 4:54 PM
It´s sad what happened, today I had seen in my spanish city, a man in the floor renversered by a car and I thought, what weak and fragile we are!!
Rest in Peace and May he be with God today. Greetings
at March 9, 2007 4:55 PM
Didn't know him........
often disagreed with him and occasionally agreed with him strongly. Had a couple of silly arguments with him here. One of the more lucid posters here and will be missed.
at March 9, 2007 5:02 PM
Re: hysterical
My American Heritage College Dictionary refers the adjective hysterical to the noun hysteria which, in turn, it defines in its second, non-clinical sense as --
"Excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic."
The ascription of it to Kafir Nonbeliever's comment would seem to carry the ring of, for example, the (mis)use of the word "attack" employed by some people for any reasonably vigorous disagreement they encounter from other people.
Posted by: remote_control at March 9, 2007 5:03 PM
Remote:
"Excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic."
Yep. That's what I meant.
"The ascription of it to Kafir Nonbeliever's comment would seem to carry the ring of, for example, the (mis)use of the word 'attack' employed by some people for any reasonably vigorous disagreement they encounter from other people."
Reasonably vigorous disagreement is one thing. Endless carping that this site, which is dedicated to one problem, should instead be dedicated to another problem, even after repeated requests that you take it elsewhere, and even after banning and more requests, is another.
Have you ever had a tiresome uninvited guest who just wouldn't leave, and even showed up again after you turned him out?
Robert Spencer
Posted by: jihadwatch at March 9, 2007 5:10 PM
The few times I exchanged posts with Domenic, he made a point of making me, a Jew, feel welcome in a place populated my many evangelical Christians. Domenic affirmed outright the unique and terrible tragedy of the Holocaust and wrote of his familiarity with Yad Vashem. I am truly saddened to learn of his passing. I will say the She'ma in his memory and pray for him and his family. Thank you.
Posted by: Dum Dhimmi Dum Dum Dum at March 9, 2007 5:28 PM
I hestitate at moments like these. I do not want to say anything trite or anything that may cause offence to his friends or family. When I saw the title to this thread I instantly thought no not our Dominic.
There is nothing more I can add that hasn't been said to Dom's contribution to this site. His intellect, his wit, his depth of understanding of the soul. To me his comments were essential reading. There was one aspect of Dom's life that I'd take issue with, but now it seems insignificant. Dominic knew God's heart and did His will. His family's loss is our loss also. As for myself, all I can do is thank his family for the years you nurtured your baby. You brought him up knowing the love and grace that's found in Christ Jesus. He will be missed by us all.
Western Infidel.
Posted by: western infidel at March 9, 2007 5:28 PM
Isaiah 57:1-2
"The righteous man perishes,
and no one lays it to heart;
devout men are taken away,
while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
he enters into peace;
they rest in their beds
who walk in their uprightness. "
at March 9, 2007 5:53 PM
This is an awful shock for me. My condolences to Dominic's family. We'll keep up the good work in his memory.
Rest in peace.
Posted by: Spirit Of 1683 at March 9, 2007 6:19 PM
Dominic said (here: http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014680.php)
"'oxymoron' = stupid cow, but in this case probably a cash cow. Just how many are lining their pockets, being deliberately stupid about islam in order to keep the money flowing in their direction?
Don't think that our societies are not corrupt - we're just corrupt in different ways from the others. If we are not careful this type of corruption - ours - will sound our death-knell.
Or, maybe, I'm just too cynical.
Dominic."
True words! RIP and god speed. But then again as Benjamin Franklin once said for his mock epitaph when he died...
"The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer (like the cover of an old book, its contents worn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here, food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will, as he believed, appear once more In a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by its Author"
Thus lets in the memory of Dominic pound the hell out of those currupt leaders, those stupid cows, cash cows and all the fools who are leading us down the road of doom! The ones who are selling out western culture, his faith, his people etc.
Let us keep going after those currupt leaders. Islam cannot defeat us by themselves but they can as Dominic says: "If we are not careful this type of corruption - ours - will sound our death-knell".
at March 9, 2007 6:40 PM
Also I would say that Dominic is right on target with this point the more I think on it. With all the little mini-wars with the left on their actions to help jihadist and all the D'Souza types out there the greatest threat is still corruption. Nothing can make us look weaker then this.
Let me put it this way when 9-11 happened and G.W. could not stop talking about our friends in Saudia Arabia and the ROP and how they had NOTHING to do with this problem....it made us look real weak.
In fact nothing on this earth can match it. Many of our elites have sold us out not for any real beliefs but for cash. It is the same reason we kept doing business with the Germans and Japanese rigth before Pearl Harbor....plain greed!
Now if you are a muslim jihadist and you see this kind of greed. You see these kind of actions even after they have killed thousands of our people what would you think! America is weak! The west is weak! You can sell and buy from them anything! You can buy their people and you can kill their people and it don't matter for all they care about is cash. They will make up stories to protect jihadist! They make up stories about those who tell the truth about Islam. Therefore Allah is strong for he has made the enemies of Islam weak with greed.
Dominic hit the nail on the head!
Posted by: greatcometof1577 at March 9, 2007 7:12 PM
The death of a long time poster is not the time for snide commets....no matter what the belief!
Posted by: storagemanager at March 9, 2007 7:43 PM
Wow…. I will definitely give a prayer to Dominic. I am both saddened and disappointed by this news.
From the last few posts I read of his, I saw Dominic was going to be great asset to us here in this battle against a great evil. I even complemented him and wished him success; not something I usually do here. He had so much potential, not only from aspirations, but also because he could value and stand up for his beliefs. He was a man of Christ, and now he is in Christ’s hands and we can have comfort in that.
Boy this really puts things in perspective: bad days don’t seem so bad after all after hearing such news. Bellow, I include some recent posts of his that I thought were notable:
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015299.php#comments
Before we all get too carried away by this article I would just like to point out that Prof. Davie does not mean, and cannot mean, exactly what she has been reported to have said.
If I may, I would like to remind you all that Prof. Davie is a Director of the Centre for European Studies which is one of the most notorious left-wing, almost Marxist in its approaches to just about every social issue, parts of European academic life.
Remember that one of the people whom she supports as Director is Mr. William Tupman who is a Senior Lecturer in Politics (at Exeter University), specialising, as they would have it, in Police and Criminal Justice Studies and the co-author of Policing in Europe , Diversity in Uniform (Intellect 1998) which is one of the most appalling apologies for dhimmitude which I have ever read.
What is more, this person, Prof. Davie, has openly voiced her support for another member of the so-called Centre for European Studies namely Dr Chris Longman, also a lecturer at Exeter University and the Deputy Director of the Centre for European Studies. Apparently he has research interests in the politics of cultural diversity in Europe, the construction of European identity, language and politics (focusing on the language regime of the European Union, and the political implications of the use of English as a 'lingua franca'), European integration, multi-level governance, regions and regionalism in Europe, and sub-state nationalism. He is also currently involved in the Exeter group of the EU-funded CIDEL consortium on Citizenship and Democratic Legitimacy in Europe.
This entire so-called Centre is interested in only two things: de-constructing Europe in favour of moslems and advancing arguments against the sovereignty of our nation states. Most of the members of this putative and self-important centre are un-reconstructed marxists of the old school and all seem to have a history of anti-democratic activity.
The University of Exeter, not one of the Chartered Universities but a new and loose confederation of several academically sub-standard colleges given the dubious legal status of University by a misguided UK government which knew that a Charter would never be granted by the Monarch, is (in)famous throughout the UK as being a hotbed of recidivist marxist thought and communist sympathisers whose only aim is the subversion of democracy and freedom and the destruction of the West. That they receive taxpayers money in order to indoctrinate young men and women is a national scandal often referred to in the British media.
Whatever Prof. Davie and her disreputable cohort may now be saying, believe me she, and they, is/are not on our side. She, and the staff at this so-called centre, fully understand and appreciate the concepts of taqiya and kitman and know exactly how to use them against us and everything which we hold dear.
They are, despite this article, and not to put too fine a point on it, liars and traitors.
Dominic.
Posted by: necessitasnonhabetlegem at February 17, 2007 12:59 AM
In case you all think that I was a little harsh, a little alarmist, in my last post then just go to:
http://www.centres.ex.ac.uk/ces/index.shtml
and observe closely the picture at the top of the page.
By God, and all that is Holy, that should tell you all that you need to know about these stupid people and their academic (excuse me? academic?)
biases!
Dominic.
Posted by: necessitasnonhabetlegem at February 17, 2007 01:09 AM
By-the-way, this is the person, Prof. Grace Davie, who works closely with Daniele Hervieu-Leger (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris) at Boston University in the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs (CURA) which was founded (in 1985) by that arch-dhimmi, that supreme apologist for moslems and islam everywhere, Peter L. Berger.
CURA, you may know, received a grant of $2.5 million from the Pew Foundation in order to continue its work in the same year that that foundation refused a grant to Columbia (N.Y.) and Cambridge (U.K.) Universities (jointly) to explore the implications of jihadist verses in mohammedan texts and develop realtime models for repulsing such theology.
This is also the person (Prof. Grace Davie) who put her name to the study entitled Secularity as a European and International Phenomenon, (which was also directed by Daniele Hervieu-Leger) and posed the question: Why is Europe the most secularised continent?
Talk about a leading question, why don't you? The pair of them, and all their researchers, simply refused to accept any evidence from any Christians in Europe what-so-ever. They had decided that Europe was/is secular and they quite simply refused to listen to anyone who said different.
Actually, it was much worse than that. They refused to accept any evidence what-so-ever from anyone who felt that there was evidence of religious activity in Europe - they refused to listen to not only Christians but all other faiths including, but not limited to, moslems but their conclusion was that only moslems had any religious life in Europe! On one spectacular occassion they walked out of a conference at which it was becoming increasingly obvious that Lamaistic Buddhism (of the Tibetan persuasion) was playing an increasingly important role in the spiritual life of the European peoples, and, in leaving, both Daniele Hervieu-Leger and Grace Davie were overheard to be saying that the entire conference had obviously been hijacked by the rabid religious minority of Europeans and that they could safely ignore it!
There is not, and I will repeat that, there is not, any academic rigour, excellence, understanding, intuition, learning or knowledge in any position adopted by the so-called Professor, Grace Davie. No credence should be given to anything which she says nor should any of her works, nor those of Daniele Hervieu-Leger, be assigned any value what-so-ever. They are light-weight and mistaken dhimmis at best, at worst they are traitorous scum who deliberately set out to mislead our young and are interested in only one thing - tenure.
Dominic.
Posted by: necessitasnonhabetlegem at February 17, 2007 01:49 AM
By-the-way, in case you all think that I am, in some sense, jealous, then let me tell you that I already have tenure. As of three months ago the Senate of my University gave me my tenure by appointing me to the post which I currently hold. Granted, I am still exceedingly junior and I have to work in the private sector as well in order to make ends meet - but, damnit, I have tenure and I can speak my mind on any subject which comes within my purview - including mohammedanism.
And that is why we have the tenure system - not to massage the egos of sub-standard academics like Grace Davie and Daniele Hervieu-Leger but to allow people like me to speak out!
Dominic.
Posted by: necessitasnonhabetlegem at February 17, 2007 02:03 AM
I have just been told that when one clicks on the link which I gave above one does not always get the picture of the mosk in occupied Constantinople - which was my point.
That does not matter. The fact that these academically challenged people see the need to hide the fact that they have a partner institution in occupied Constantinople by hiding a townscape photograph of their moslem biases amongst other harmless images (how easy and tricky of them: trying to lull you into a false sense of security using the lies of comfortable imagery) - that they trade with the enemy - copiously proves my point.
I do not need to say more about the sympathies, the pathologies, of Professor Davie, Daniele Hervieu-Leger, CURA and the Centre for European Studies at Exeter university (the lower-case 'u' is deliberate), do I?
Dominic.
Posted by: necessitasnonhabetlegem at February 17, 2007 02:37 AM
at March 9, 2007 7:47 PM
Onward Christian Soldiers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXfS867CGG4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD7yg_QmPfg
R.I.P. Dominic
at March 9, 2007 7:51 PM
A variation of Jerusalem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2O78oEI768
at March 9, 2007 8:06 PM
Very Sad. Rest in Peace, Dominic.
Posted by: del at March 9, 2007 8:17 PM
I wish I could remember how it is that Hugh always describes the purpose of this site. Of course I remember the pedogogical part (I needed to look the word up initially, however!) but there was something else – something about just having fun with words and I can’t recall how Hugh phrased it (probably because I didn’t understand the words he used to describe his meaning). But Dominic did get it. Dominic was clearly one of the very few posters who could actually follow Hugh's obscure linguistic references and he seemed to take great delight in them. (I had to just scroll past all that fun because I didn't have a clue what they were talking about.) But it was my very general impression that Dominic rather adored Hugh. He understood not only Hugh's linguistic references but his cultural ones as well. Clearly, Hugh has lost a great sparring partner.
This whole blog commenter thing is rather a recent thing and I will assume that most people who have taken to it with a passion are still fairly young (rather than, say in their 70’s and 80’s) and so it's not like we ordinarily expect our fellow commenters to suddenly die, just a mere few days after corresponding with them. And the fact is that anonymous people spend very large chunks of their personal time engaged with complete strangers, arguing passionately about things, sometimes into the wee hours of the night, things that they very often cannot discuss honestly with the people who are closest to them.. I don’t know how much Dominic shared with his friends and family and coworkers but it’s quite possible that if they bother to read through his many posts and exchanges here, some of them at least will likely learn something about him that they didn’t know before. (Although apparently he was a diarist and so he has probably left many personal writings for his family to peruse).
Still, as many posters above seem to have pointed out even indirectly, his shocking death should maybe remind us of the importance of being civil to one another, even in an anonymous situation such as a blog comments section. That is so difficult for many of us to do when things get heated but anyone reading over Dominic’s many posts at this site will quickly appreciate that he never once transcended the bounds of civility, even in this completely anonymous context. Dominic was a real gentleman and it’s rather surprising considering that he was apparently quite young. (Early on I assumed he was in his 50’s or 60’s at least, given his erudition). The next time I preview one of my posts written in anger, complete with the cuss words, before hitting the post button, I will try to think of Dominic. He was a gentleman. He showed unfailing restraint. He used words rather than cheap insults to express his thoughts. He set an excellent example in his personal conduct just on this anonymous site when he was under no particular pressure to show such restraint. Given his impeccable behavior in such an anonynmous context, it's no leap to surmise that he must have been a rather unique, and likely quite special person “in person”.
at March 9, 2007 8:21 PM
My condolences to his family. Sad news indeed.
Posted by: Rationalist at March 9, 2007 8:36 PM
This was an all round good guy. He will be missed here at jihad watch.
Posted by: TheVoiceofTruth at March 9, 2007 8:37 PM
Caroline
I completely agree - particularly when I think of the people with whom Dominic had his share of disagreements with. Of course, in real, as well as in anonymous life, one can always lose anybody, but that obviously has never prevented tempers from flaring. However, I can imagine that anyone who had ever flamed him over anything is now regretting it, even though such things are generally inevitable in life.
The other thing I found intriguing is how we would deal with situations in which any of us is lost. I don't know how many of us share what we are exchanging here with our friends and relatives: as you pointed out, the reason we come here is because we have unique interests in a topic that brings us here, and which friends/relatives more likely than not, don't share (otherwise we'd be sharing our thoughts and opinions in real life with real people, rather than here with people with assumed names whom we'll probably never meet). As a result, whenever any of us permanently disappears for any reason, including death, more likely than not, such a person would go unnoticed and unlamented, since there is likely no way of knowing that the person in question is no longer with us.
In this case, Dominic's brother informed everyone in his e-mail address book about the tragedy, and since one of them happens to post here, we came to know about it. In most cases, those of us - particularly with assumed identities and no e-mail contacts with anyone else (something pretty useless once that person is gone, and no-one else has access to that e-mail account used on typekey) - would disappear unnoticed, since there would be no way for that person's next of kin to inform the blogs that he frequented of the fact. If only there was a way to blog from the afterlife.
Ok, now enough of my soap box.
Posted by: Infidel Pride at March 9, 2007 9:46 PM
"Jesus said unto her, 'I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.'" (John 11:25)
May Christ deliver your spirit unto glory...
Posted by: Tookson at March 9, 2007 10:27 PM
IP: "However, I can imagine that anyone who had ever flamed him over anything is now regretting it, even though such things are generally inevitable in life."
My closest friend in graduate school shot herself in the head on Christmas eve. I had indeed said many harsh things to her over the previous months so I know what you mean about the regrets. But I am inclined to think that people suffer less regret when the death is accidental and even less so, when the death is accidental and the person is anonymous, no matter what may have been said. But if it were to come to one's attention after posting something nasty even in an anonymous situation, that someone had committed suicide as an explicit result of the exchange, I think the poster would indeed experience a real sense of remorse.
IP: "As a result, whenever any of us permanently disappears for any reason, including death, more likely than not, such a person would go unnoticed and unlamented, since there is likely no way of knowing that the person in question is no longer with us."
I think the venue is such that the person posting anonymously invests a great deal more personally than the readers could guess. My guess is that that would be largely due to the fact that if we were all sitting in a circle and visible to one another while quietly listening to each poster speak in turn, we would see physically the time and effort that each person was putting in. But the way this venue works, someone could spend literally hours reading each comment in silence and then venture merely one comment publically and that one comment would be all that anyone would see. There would be no seeing how much time that person spent sitting there "in the circle" as it were, reading every single comment and listening quietly before finally speaking. There's this whole but very real "silent community" in other words. Plus a few loud mouths. :-)
But the truth is that I do recognize when very regular posters suddenly disappear. For example, the poster "Profitsbeard" posted on almost every single thread and every single day for several years. And they were very pithy comments indeed. And one day he was gone. It was extremely abrupt. I was bothered and worried by it. There was no explanation from him that he was simply done and goodbye. I thought he may well have died. Then not long ago I saw a post of his at another site. I assume its the same person. But I would have preferred some direct statement that he was leaving, so I wouldn't wonder and imagine the worst case scenario. Which is why I do very much appreciate that Dominic's brother took the time to let John know what had happened to Dominic and that John in turn took the time to let the rest of us know what had happened. Sure this is all anonymous. But a lot of people spend a great deal of time reading and often commenting here, and sometimes into the wee hours of the morning, when the rest of the world is asleep and it seems to just be a shout out into the dark. And many of us notice these sorts of mysterious departures even if we don't ever comment about it.
And P.S. IP - I would certainly notice if you happened to go abruptly missing. :-) But you're right that I would have no way of knowing what had happened to you unless one of your family members took the time to inform us. I hope this whole situation serves as a lesson that as an online community we would indeed very much want to be informed re the fate of anyone of our online community, anonymous though it might be, should something tragic happen to them.
Posted by: Caroline at March 9, 2007 10:35 PM
Just the other day I was contemplating his Latin pseudonym. A fellow digger doing the most important work, tragic.
I wish the best to his family and those who knew him personally.
Posted by: Beagle at March 9, 2007 10:53 PM
I am truly saddened to learn of Dominic's tragic and untimely death. He was a passionate and gentle man and I will miss his fascinating, eloquent posts. How sad his family must be; it is always devastating to lose a loved one but sudden, unexpected tragedies like this are so very difficult and heartrending.
I extend my sincere condolences to his family, and may Dominic rest in peace.
Posted by: Susanp at March 10, 2007 12:29 AM
My condolences to Dominic’s friends and family. .
This site and Dhimmi watch is both mosaic of different opinions and viewpoints regarding the role of Islam and Moslems.
The differing viewpoints are based on the accumulated life experiences an knowledge of the writers. We may not always agree with each other but through our writing I hope we can broaden our horizons to see the big picture. And perhaps even to change our views if something written makes more sense than what we feel is correct. This is the freedom of speech and thought so hated by Islam. Dominic was one of the writers who provoked one to think and reason. His postings will be missed.
at March 10, 2007 12:36 AM
A month or so ago I began reading through the archives at this site. Very quickly I learned that Dominic's postings were always worth reading - vivid, lucid, witty. It was a shock to learn that he had died - it was like discovering that a light had been blown out. His brother's words are very moving.
It is hard to find appropriate words but perhaps, since his brother records that he received the last rites, we may remind ourselves of the beautiful injunction that would have formed part of that ceremony of departure and blessing:
"Go forth, Christian soul, on your journey from this world
in the name of God the Father who created you
In the name of Jesus Christ who suffered for you
In the name of the Holy Spirit who strengthens you
In communion with the blessed saints
and aided by angels and archangels and all the heavenly host.
May your portion this day be in peace
and your dwelling in the heavenly Jerusalem".
at March 10, 2007 12:41 AM
I am very sad to hear of this. I enjoyed reading Dominic's posts and though I did not know him, I got an impression he would be the sort of person you could meet and just sit and talk with openly. He seemed very gentle and caring. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. God bless his soul. He will be missed on this site.
Posted by: pigtails not veils at March 10, 2007 12:50 AM
I extend my heartfelt condolences to his family.
Posted by: ik at March 10, 2007 2:01 AM
First, I would like to thank Dominic's family, significant other, etc., for indulging the time that he spent here with us. It must be somewhat odd to think that your loved one meant a lot to those who never met him. I hope you did not consider his time spent posting here trivial; he was an insightful man, passionate about his beliefs and from what we knew, quite true to them. He extended his reach through this medium, and we, his extended family, were encouraged, inspired and stimulated by his comments and his depth. I wish the nature of the enemy he fought had not forced anonymity upon us that we might have known him personally. I hope you read his posts and include in your remembrance of him visiting this website he supported.
Second, I want to thank Robert for this forum, which has been cathartic, especially today. I have not posted frequently lately, and I frankly would not have known had you not told us. I haven't had a lot of free time lately, and I tend to skim read looking for posters I recognize. I would have definitely wondered what happened to him.
Finally, Dominic, enjoy your Father's rest. God bless you for your selflessness.
Posted by: Concerned Citizen at March 10, 2007 2:02 AM
From: Henry Michael-Mary James Tabrar-Synge, Mary Anne Magdalen Theresa Tabrar-Synge and Matthew John Sylvester Constantine Tabrar-Synge.
First of all we want to apologise for being so late in replying to all of you but we were only made aware a few hours ago that Mr. Spencer and this great Jihad Watch Website had kindly informed you all of Dominic's passing. We all read from time to time at this site mainly because Dominic first found it and directed all of our family to it but we could never have expected that you would all respond in such a heartfelt manner as you have done. You are all in our opinion warm and sincere people and it is obvious to us that you all enjoy a commonality that transcends mere words.
Thank-you all very, very much for your kind words and for sharing your memories of Dominic's postings. We have followed your advice and Googled Dominic's posts. We were unaware of just how much Dominic invested in posting here and just how much you are all a real and sincere online community rallying behind Mr Spencer and all the staffers at this site.
As you will all by now know Dominic was called home to God in the early hours of the 27th. of February. His remains were released to us on Monday 5th March. We interred our beloved little brother on Thursday past in the good soil of England in our family lair deep in the very centre of his beloved England. He lies now where he would always have wanted to be in his final days, amongst his family and his ancestors under the good and wholesome sod of our beloved country, blessed by God and our Saviour in his passing.
Before saying anything else we thank Arjun Sevak for passing on all your wonderful emails. Thank-you Arjun, you will be in our prayers for ever and thank-you all who have emailed us. Know that we will pray for all of you. Truthfully we never expected to find such a wonderful and sincere online community.
We want to share with you a few memories of our much loved little brother because we know that many of you have suffered loss into God in the same way that we have and we want you all to know that we know now how hard that is to bear. Dominic was as we are sure you all know no Saint. He would argue with God Himself if he thought that he was right. At his funeral one of the three officiating priests, a retired Bishop and a friend of our family and of Dominic's, said amidst much laughter that he hoped that God knew what he was doing in calling Dominic home so early because now God would have to put up with Dominic's incessant "why's", "explain that to me's", "indeed's", "but have you considered's", "the facts don't bear you out's" and "surely, but's". Dominic at his worst was an annoying little imp who would never let anyone away with the slightest lapse of logic as he saw it. At his best Dominic was also a loving and caring individual who gave generously. He supported two families in Africa (in Nigeria and in Ghana) through the scheme to help young people get an education and we commend this to you all. He recently paid for a wedding out of his own pocket of two young Christian people in Indonesia who he had never met and who would not otherwise have been able to get married in a proper way in that society. He is Godfather and now in a position to make that most effective to every one of his nephews and nieces and his own immediate family are now mired in the loss him as father and partner in ways which we are sure you can all imagine.
Dominic is the youngest of us. Our parents had had seven children and considered that they were well done with the whole process of procreation when our mother informed us all that she was pregnant with Dominic. My brother Mathew was already nineteen when Dominic was born and I was twenty-eight. Dominic was born in our family home and Matthew and I held him in our arms shortly after his birth. I remember as clearly as if it was yesterday the heat of that little body against mine and passing him back into the safe but tired arms of our mother and asking her what she would name this little noisy scrap of life. God's Free Gift, she answered with a huge grin on her face. Buy seven get one free became a standing joke in our family from that moment on. Our father thought that this was extremely funny and has always called Dominic GFG. This backfired on him when Dominic was about nine or ten years old. Dominic had decided that he needed a new bicycle. Not because the one that he had was broken or anything like that but because it was not as good in his opinion as the ones that the other boys he played with had. He demanded that our father buy him a new and super all bells and whistles mountain bike. Naturally Dad refused to do so because Dominic's existing bike was quite serviceable. But Dominic clinched the argument by looking him in the eye (Matthew and I were there) and saying "but I am God's free gift so I must have a decent bike or we will be laughed at" or words to that effect at any rate. Needless to say he did not get a new bike immediately and he was read a well deserved lecture by our father about pride and humility.
We could go on and on in the memories we have of our dear little brother. But God in His infinite wisdom has seen fit to call our brother home and He must know what He is doing (and He must be well prepared for the arguments He will undoubtedly face). All of you who have sustained a loss into God will know how we feel just now. The world seems a little darker and a little less real to us. Just a few months ago Mary, Matthew and I had occassion to comfort Dominic in a dark hour in his life. I embraced him for a few brief seconds and remembered vividly as I did so the day of his birth when I had held him as a tiny newborn in my arms. I felt once again that deep God given surge of protective familial love. I felt the warmth of my little brother's body against mine and I will remember to the very day on which God calls me home also the momentary prayer that I offered up, Please God, let this pass from him. It did for God hears all our prayers.
We all realise that Dominic's passing into the nearness of God will remind many of you of the losses to God which you have all sustained. We have decided therefore as a family that the Masses which we will say over the next year for the repose of Dominic's soul will also be said in intention for all of you and for all of those that any of you have had to surrender into God. Our prayers as a family and we hope all your prayers as well will also be said for Mr. Spencer and for all members of Jihad Watch and all without exception who post here.
Some of you have expressed a wish to memorialise Dominic in some way. All that we can say is that the best memorial you can give is to continue the struggle and to support Mr. Spencer in any way you can. Robert Spencer is a rare individual and our brother somehow knew this. We detect a purity of spirit and kindness of intent in Mr. Spencer that we know appealed to Dominic. There is also a great courage. As Dominic said: we may have lost a few battles but we haven't yet lost the war. It's up to all of you as well as us to make sure that we don't lose the war.
Dominic was working on a posting for this site before he was called home. When we have pieced together all the fragments on his machines we will post it here. Hopefully that will be sometime in the next seventy-two hours.
The Family Tabrar-Synge.
Posted by: henryt-synge at March 10, 2007 3:10 AM
Dear Dominic
What really tragic news!
May your soul rest in peace.
As a fellow UK Jihadwatcher, your erudite presence on this site will be sorely missed.
Posted by: mekkarekka at March 10, 2007 3:25 AM
God Bless Dominic, his family and loved ones. My condolences to you all.
RIP Dominic
Posted by: herself at March 10, 2007 5:39 AM
To Henry Michael-Mary James Tabrar-Synge, Mary Anne Magdalen Theresa Tabrar-Synge and Matthew John Sylvester Constantine Tabrar-Synge:
I am deeply touched by your kindness and thoughtfulness in coming here and telling us your beautiful memories of your beloved brother.
Your loss is immense and no words can paper over it, but be assured that you are in my thoughts and prayers.
And Dominic is quite right, of course: we have lost a few battles but by no means have we lost the war.
May his memory be eternal.
Kindest regards and thanks,
Robert Spencer
at March 10, 2007 6:07 AM
Kafir Nonbeliever
I find it sad that even on this occasion you could not restrain yourself.
Your reference to "Christianist" is amusing, as if there were tens of thousands of Christians going around killing, beheading and exploding thmselves at children's birthday parties, all the while invoking the Lord's prayer.
Without the civilising influence of Christianity and the love that Jesus showed all, including those that hated him and put him to a cruel death, there would be no Western civilisation as we know it.
I sincerely hope you reflect on what you wrote, and have the decency to withdraw your comment.
Posted by: DP111 at March 10, 2007 8:07 AM
Does anyone know which was Dominic's first post on JW/DW, and a link to it? I dont know how to search for it as he was not using "necessitasnonhabetlegem" at the time.
at March 10, 2007 8:19 AM
So Dominic was a miracle. He did seem to have a special quality in him, and indeed he was, very.
henryt-synge I appreciate your tremendous kindness to sanctify us all in prayer. And just so there isn’t any misconceptions, in “all,” I mean those fighting the evil ideology.
at March 10, 2007 11:26 AM
Having decided to read the comments here before noting my own shock at the news of Dominic's passing, I find myself now awash in tears.
I can only imagine what his family is going through right now, and hope the sentiments expressed by the posters here help in whatever way possible. What I can clearly see is that Dominic seems to have been blessed with a wonderful, close, supportive family. How lucky he was! Thank you, Henry, for sharing some of that with us.
And Caroline, you've articulated very well my feelings about "missing posters". How important like-minded anyonymous posters become to us, isn't it?
It is hard to absorb we'll read Dominic's thoughts no more.
He will be sorely, sorely missed.
Posted by: Vee at March 10, 2007 1:59 PM
Oh my God; is it really true that Dominic was posting here only a little less than a year? (Realized that after doing the Googling suggested by Hugh.)
I feel as if I've been reading his words for a very long time.
And someone else mentioned his youth. But...he seemed such an "old soul"!
Posted by: Vee at March 10, 2007 2:18 PM
To the Family Tabrar-Synge,
How very gracious of you to have taken time out from your grief and shared with us about Dominic's life. Although a newcomer to Jihad Watch myself, the erudition and well-thought-out nature of his contributions here was at once apparent. Your suggestion that we memorialize Dominic through a renewed commitment towards the battle against jihad being waged at this site is as fine a request as anyone could make. Such efforts can only help lead the fight to defend life and liberty, something that Dominic personified.
With Heartfelt Sympathy,
Zenster
Posted by: Zenster at March 10, 2007 3:26 PM
It was me who had to share this sad news.
I received a second email thanking everyone for there prayers and allowing me permission to forward to Robert.
"Dear John,
Thank-you for your very kind and sympathetic email. I have been inundated by emails from all the many people who knew Dominic both in life and electronically. Your email as well as the others have been a great comfort to me and my family at this time.
By all manner of means please inform anyone whom you think might need to know of Dominic's passing and thank-you for offering up a prayer - that is very kind and much appreciated.
Yours sincerely,"
I shall forward this page to his brother hopefully it will be of some comfort
Regards all.
at March 10, 2007 6:03 PM
Sorry henry I didn't see your earlier post.
I sent you a link to this page but looks like you got it already.
I still feel kind of uneasy about sharing something so delicate and painful but somehow I knew it was important.
I knew the JihadWatch folks would of been deeply saddened and wish to pass on their condolences.
We are all anonymous but connected in our disparate ways.
In my view Dominic shone out amongst us and I was planning to do some research and ask his advice about setting up some form of lobbying network to get at the parts of the government the muslim propangada machine has reached and try and at least make a difference...still this is not the time.
I don't know what I can do as an individual.
I guess I was trying to galvanise a few good folks in the U.K. and put our heads together..Dominic seemed like the perfect place to start.
I'm lone a voice with no influence or resources but I thought together we could gather a ragtag bunch.
Starting with me a hardcore often aggressive biker but balancing my hot temper out with someone more learned and cultured than me namely Dominic.
It was a desperate pipe dream..but I won't stop fighting the good fight even in my own small way.
Sorry Henry it's not about me is it?
What i'm trying to say is that we should all NEVER give up....there are still people with honour and loyalty around and we shall fight the treacherous.
Yours
John
at March 10, 2007 6:57 PM
John - thank you so much for sharing this news with us. And to Dominic's family - I would echo Zenster's thoughts in saying how gracious it is of you to stop by here at such a difficult time for you and to share with us more information about Dominic. We'll never have a face to put on Dominic, this forum being what it is, but the one thing that for me, at least, would help in that respect, would simply be to know how old he was. We don't even know that.
Posted by: Caroline at March 10, 2007 8:41 PM
"What i'm trying to say is that we should all NEVER give up...."
ovinesongs, please permit me to share with you words of the man that was quite possibly Britain's greatest statesman and most certainly a model for our troubled times:
... never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Winston Churchill - October 29, 1941 - Harrow School
I can only hope to think that Dominic would approve.
at March 11, 2007 3:52 AM
Dominic,
I never met you but felt you were someone special.
You will be missed.
RIP
at March 11, 2007 9:30 AM
Amen
Posted by: Hugh at March 11, 2007 12:22 PM
To Dominic's family:
Please accept my sincerest condolences on your loss.
Like many here, I never met him but felt I knew him from his posts, which were always well thought out and clearly stated. In a recent thread on Jerusalem, I was amazed at the depth of his knowledge of the archaeological work both present and past.
May he rest in peace.
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