Muslims/Followers of Islam
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- mrdobolina0
jpolk, I would be against you inventing a fictitious paramilitary attack to prove your point, also.
- jpolk0
and furthermore I was just popping in to lol @ muslims taking violent action against EU buildings in Gaza, because some knucklehead cartoon in Europe called practioners of their religion overly violent,
...not to fight.
- jpolk0
um, yesterday's news:
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORL…
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.…
luckily they released this guy:
- mrdobolina0
the image of mohommed started it all. not the negative portrayal of muslims. do you not understand that?
- mbr0
The point is:
It doesn't matter what the religion is. No one should impose their beliefs on others.
You can draw cartoons of Jesus, Bush, my mom - I don't care. That's your right. Will I get pissed? Maybe, but I'll also know I can do the same thing, should I choose to.
That's what it should be about. For many of us I see "poor taste cartoons = possible violence" and that reaks absurdity. Admiteddly, I am naive of many things, but that's what I see.
That's what the world sees, too, and it just makes things bad.
It's kinda like a bully in grade school.
"Why do you keep picking on me?" says the target.
"Because you keep reacting" says the bully.
- jpolk0
i do understand that, but who the fuck can say what i can and can't draw. jesus christ.
- JazX0
i do understand that, but who the fuck can say what i can and can't draw. jesus christ.
jpolk
(Feb 3 06, 05:36)c'mon South Park, warms up thems magic markers
- kelpie0
no, he certainly can't, that's you point isn't it?
- determinedmoth0
i do understand that, but who the fuck can say what i can and can't draw. jesus christ.
jpolk
(Feb 3 06, 05:36)No one. But the way the media just used it as an expression of Free Speech was just downright insensitive, and used purely to incite anger.
- mrdobolina0
exactly, moth.
free speech? hahahaha
- KuzIV0
exactly moth - they manufactured the our values vs their values argument.
The cartoons were done in September, but they kept pushing and pushing and reprinting until the storm they wanted has been created.
- jpolk0
if you are talking about me, kelpie, clearly it's you who's not getting the point.
if you don't like editorial content you write a letter, maybe try to get the guy fired. you guys are defending homicidal maniacs that think they can censor the globe though kidnappings and assaults on EU buildings.
rational imims and arab leaders have asked these dudes to chill the fuck out.
i can't believe how blind some people can be in the light of political correctness.
maybe we should throw bhurkas on our wives and girlfriends and practice clitoral circumsicion on our dauughters to make sure a bunch of fucking militantly religious assholes don't attack us.
- jno0
they should take a good look at the anti-bush-we-hate-all-jews cartoons they print daily down there before getting all fired up..
- mrdobolina0
if you are talking about me, kelpie, clearly it's you who's not getting the point.
if you don't like editorial content you write a letter, maybe try to get the guy fired. you guys are defending homicidal maniacs that think they can censor the globe though kidnappings and assaults on EU buildings.
rational imims and arab leaders have asked these dudes to chill the fuck out.
i can't believe how blind some people can be in the light of political correctness.
maybe we should throw bhurkas on our wives and girlfriends and practice clitoral circumsicion on our dauughters to make sure a bunch of fucking militantly religious assholes don't attack us.
jpolk
(Feb 3 06, 05:43)I think you might be being a bit ham-fisted with this comment.
- KuzIV0
you guys are defending homicidal maniacs
jpolk
(Feb 3 06, 05:43)not one person has done any such thing.
- JazX0
i can't believe how blind some people can be in the light of political correctness.
jpolk
(Feb 3 06, 05:43)yep, welcome to Newstoday.com
- mrdobolina0
If I drew a cartoon of an obvious arab man smashing a likeness ofthe ten commandments, should I be expecting a backlash from christians?
- kelpie0
ha jpolk you completely misinterpereted the tone of my comment. not surprised.
You went completely overboard on the reply though.
If you want to know what I think, I think doing violence in the name of retaliation for a cartoon is inexcusable. I also think any other violence done in the name of religion (any religion) is inexcusable. *
I'd also say provoking a reaction from a known reactionary group at a very fragile time in order to sell papers is inexcusable.
*not against all violence any time though, I have to say, but that's another discussion -- sorry, arguement ;)
- jpolk0
hamfisted, a bit, i'll give you that, in an effort to make a post.
i shouldn't have gotten on your case, dobs, but in all fairness, i just haven't seen you offer the same open armed acceptance to other religions. could be wrong though.
i personally hold the same disregard for all religions. i grew up with a whole ton of xtians, muslims and jews, and the fact that they grew from kids who didn't give a shit to adults thatt absolutely hate each other has always left a bit of a sting.
- MX_OnD0
200.
who'd have thought?