Let me clear up a misconception you seem to have, Lyle.
Ready?


ISIS isn't a culture.


Yes, I know.... unbelievable, huh.

Regardless of their lofty title (State, indeed....), it's nothing more than a bunch of barbaric, overzealous thugs claiming that they represent a real culture. They don't. This fact alone crumbles all the examples you so gleefully trot out there to make your point.