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US sides with Muslims in cartoon dispute
Yahoo! News ^
| 02/03/06
| Yahoo! News
Posted on 02/03/2006 9:04:55 AM PST by thesharkboy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington on Friday condemned caricatures in European newspapers of Islam's Prophet Mohammad, siding with Muslims who are outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion.
"These cartoons are indeed offensive to the belief of Muslims," State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper said in answer to a question.
"We all fully recognize and respect freedom of the press and expression but it must be coupled with press responsibility. Inciting religious or ethnic hatreds in this manner is not acceptable."
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To: thesharkboy
To: Sir Gawain
Oh, "State Department". That explains it.These people will sell us into dhimmitude. I side firmly AGAINST the muzzies.
To: thesharkboy
Arabists have always been the dominant power in the State Department.
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:10:20 AM PST
by
Cyclopean Squid
(Moderates do not make history)
To: tallhappy
But the idea of insulting people's religion is common among liberals and the like. Islam is not a religion. It is a violent political philosophy that masquerades as a religion. Very similar to Nazism.
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:10:29 AM PST
by
nonliberal
(Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
To: thesharkboy
Well, just as I've thought for a very long time: The State Department is full of pussies.
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:10:35 AM PST
by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
To: samtheman
Why make fun of someone's belief system, when it's so much more to the point to satarize their bad behavior? Because the "belief system" is a murdering death cult, and needs to be eradicated. Humiliate them and treat them like Nazis, who also sought to kill or enslave everyone else.
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:10:44 AM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government "job" attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: tallhappy
Those are issues of taste and decorum, and it is not the business of our State Department to comment on such matters.
That statement, coming from an official State Department spokesman, makes us look more scared than France and the person who uttered it is an idiot.
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:10:47 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
Comment #28 Removed by Moderator
To: thesharkboy
She does not speak for "Washington."
Screw her, and any supporters in the US government.
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:11:44 AM PST
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: thesharkboy
Diplomats. Worthless to a man.
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:11:49 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
To: Choose Ye This Day
Now that is one funny cartoon...
However: it wasn't really Mohammed who organized 9/11, was it? It was Bin Laden and the nut-cakes of extremism in Saudi Arabia.
Wouldn't it be more to the point if this cartoon was about an email to Bin Laden than to Mohammed?
To: thesharkboy
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:12:31 AM PST
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX)
To: ARealMothersSonForever
I fart in the general direction of Kurtis Cooper.
To: thesharkboy
Hmmmmm....yet the US MSM did hestiate to show numerous photos of a crucifix in a bottle of urine nor hestiate in showing the 'Madonna' covered in cow dung.
Now all of a sudden its sensibilities awareness meter is now fully activated.
To: thesharkboy
Duh..we are addicted to Oil
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:12:55 AM PST
by
Tyche
(It is easier to take life than to give it.)
To: thesharkboy
Yeah, well I condemn the state department for being nothing but a bunch of whores.
To: thesharkboy
State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper Any relation to CAIR spokesjerk Ibrahim Hooper?
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:13:14 AM PST
by
Freedom_no_exceptions
(No actual, intended, or imminent victim = no crime. No exceptions.)
To: thesharkboy
Un-freaking-believable. You said it. The French Prime Minister has more backbone than the US Department of State. Condi, put those boots on and go kick some butt!!
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:13:39 AM PST
by
Heatseeker
(Never underestimate the left's tendency to underestimate us.)
To: Hank Rearden
So your strategy would be:
Why go after thousands of extremists when we can pick a fight with 1.3 billion people all at once?
Good strategy.
PS: I'm for free speech. I support the Danish cartoons and those who want to print them. I just think the State Dept also is making a valid point here. So go ahead: Flame On!
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