Protests Over Muhammad Cartoon Grow

Yahoo News ^ | Jan 30 | DONNA ABU-NASR,

[Bushwacker777]

"BEIRUT, Lebanon - The controversy over Danish caricatures of Prophet Muhammad escalated Monday as gunmen seized an EU office in Gaza and Muslims appealed for a trade boycott of Danish products. Denmark called for its citizens in the Middle East to exercise vigilance."

[sageb1]

OK...I think we understand you.

[sageb1]

"Islam is a military and political ideology masquerading as religion. Muhammad stole from Judaism and Christianity and came up with the Qur'an to promote his quest for power. You need to do some studying."

And so do you.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

and right now Mohommed is getting cornholed by a donkey in hell and it's the donkey that's being punished.

[son of caesar]

perhaps you need to look at who wrote you that quote you so eloqently repeated to me, for i did not write that.

[msnimje]

Wait a second. Theo Van Gough was brutally murdered in broad daylight for making a movie!!

If the Muslims want to censor people with a knife in the chest it is only fair that people fight back with a very harmless pen.

[sageb1]

"To: Teletubbed

ive never seen the movie you mention but i have been told it mocks religion, which i find very inappropriate. that is my opinion. i do not patronize knowingly those who mock others faiths, but then again, i believe in freedom of relgion.

18 posted on 01/30/2006 11:24:40 PM PST by son of caesar (son of caesar)"

Getting a little confusing then. What do you mean by the above?

[msnimje]

I'll try to find, but they have been posted at FR probably 2 dozen times

Somebody pointed me to a good site with the cartoons. Every time I tried to view them earlier in the day all I got was an error page or boxes with a red x.

[SpaceBar]

i know im going to get killed for this, but in this instance i side with the muslims. i do not think it is appropriate or reasonable to mock others religions.

Quite the contrary, you have a valid point. However the western nations who have been dealing with Islamic terrorism have not been forthright in openly confronting the obvious connections between Islam itself and terrorism, and it's questionable legitimacy as a religion compatible with western democracies, despite what the Constitutional scholars say. They continue to harp the religion of peace mantra. As a natural backlash, some have resorted to ridicule as you see in the political cartoons. They are reminiscent of something you might see in Der Sturmer. The way to confront these problems is to open the dialog floodgates and discuss within official channels the politically incorrect notion that perhaps Islam itself may have to be curtailed or outright prohibited in western non-Islamic nations. Until then, get used to crude and juvenile political artwork.

[son of caesar]

ok, let me explain it this way. if you allow filth in your home and enjoy it, that does not mean others have to follow your lead. i am not trying to insult you or anyone else, but christians and jews do not defend their relgion generally, that is their problem. muslims who i disagree with even on the rising of the sun, do defend their faith as i would expect any god fearing person to do. get it?

[RouxStir]

"i know im going to get killed for this"

Why would you be killed? Did you draw the cartoons or forget to bow down to islam? If you are really worried, maybe you can find a kevlar turtleneck to wear until the terror level subsides.

[sageb1]

They are posted above here on this thread. You can't see them?

[sageb1]

Does it ever occur to you that Muslims must by default be apologists?

[son of caesar]

you make some exellent comments. again, western nations have deluded themselves on this matter with muslims, muslims otoh have no deluded themselves at all, hence the wot. since even our president cotinually compliments islam, i think it is a recognized religion, but thats for another discussion. the backlash as you so correctly state is due to the complete and utter helpnessness people feel when faced with the reality that islam is intent on other relgions destruction. that is the reality of things. mocking with cartoons is juvenile at best and only serve to give them more confidence, a bad mistake, given the political realites of today. look at iran, she will have her bomb no matter what you do. actually, i have an idea, no one is going to do anything. i will never get used to cartoons mocking others faiths, i believe in freedom of religion and as such refrain from mocking other relgions. when you mention its incompatibility with western democracies, i have to ask you, who let them come here? when you mention they continued mantra of relgion of peace, who tells you that? answer truthfully and you will understand my point.

[son of caesar]

you are playing at semantics now, that wont do for me. fact is that they believe what they believe, while the west doesnt quite know what to believe. even having said that, mocking is not appropriate, as many of our own laws insist. ever heard of hate speech toward others relgions? its real and official.

[son of caesar]

actually, im not worried about being killed by muslims. they are generally very easy to manipulate with some intelligence. i was referring to the posts that would come my way, but i must say, they have been very civil and i appreciate that.

[garyhope]

Those darned Islamofascists are just no fun at all. They have no sense of humor. I know they're not coming to any of my parties!

[de Buillion]

I'm not sure I understand- just how did they piss off the mooslims again? A cartoon of mumhammid with a rag on his head or what exactly?

[OldArmy52]

Yes.

Suppress any and all criticism of the Moslem religion or you will be murdered, etc.

Brought to you by the Religion of Peace.

[sageb1]

I am hardly playing semantics. I just quoted you. The Qur'an incites to violence. Hate speech is protected under the first amendment unless it incites violence. Hate crimes in general are ridiculous. A crime is a crime is a crime. What you seem to be condoning is thought and speech as a hate crime. Not in America, bud.

[de Buillion]

Thank you for posting this.