Muslim world in a tizzy, no one surprised.
As an update to the recent posts by Patton and myself on the furor over the Danish Bomb-Head Muhammad cartoons, we have these items:
- A US State Department offical, Janelle Hironimus, has said that, "Inciting religious or ethnic hatred in this manner is not acceptable. We call for tolerance and respect for all communities and for their religious beliefs and practices." She also mentioned that while there is great press freedom, these rights must be coupled with press responsibility. I don't think the Spiderman creed applies to the press generally, and certainly not in this case. Janelle should take a long walk off a short pier, we don't need to embolden the Muslims in their intolerance.
- Muslims protesting in Morocco.
- Muslims protesting in the West Bank.
- Muslims protesting in Egypt.
- Muslims protesting in Jerusalem.
- Muslims protesting in London.
- I could go on, but I won't.
- Meanwhile, there is a complete lack of protesting in NYC, where some idiot made a picture of Osama bin Laden as Christ.
I won't be surprised if lots of Muslims die in riots over this. Saddened, but not at all surprised.
[wik] So far, at least four people have died.
Posted by
Buckethead
on
| § 3
on
| § 3
§ 3 Comments
[ You're too late, comments are closed ]
When was the last time
When was the last time Americans were killed in a riot (in the U.S.)? LA in '92? Cincinnati a few years ago? Seems few and far between.
It's sad we can't get worked up enough to riot like Islamic world. Nothing says “we care” like killing ourselves in a senseless frenzy.
It is interesting that
It is interesting that muslims are so willing to appear to the entire world as uneducated hoodlums, no matter what the age. Those placards were absolutely hideous. Burning the embassies was guaranteed to make Islam look like a backward religion for backward peoples. What a PR disaster for muslims! I suppose they are doing it to themselves.
The Europeans are helping by
The Europeans are helping by egging them into it.
Publishing the cartoons is a reaction against the stupid liberal multi-culturists who insist that no culture is better or worse than any other. If their culture is as good as ours, they won't mind seeing Islam insulted the way they insult Judaism and Christianity in their papers every day.
The multi-culturists react by saying we should restrict free speech else we could offend a maniacal terrorist.