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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: cliff_whitebread

Troll, you sure are being ignorant and annoying.


343 posted on 02/03/2006 10:33:16 PM PST by Darksheare (Aim low! They got knees!)
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To: Darksheare; JediForce; Admin Moderator

344 posted on 02/03/2006 10:33:26 PM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: cgk

Mods got him already.


345 posted on 02/03/2006 10:34:14 PM PST by Darksheare (Aim low! They got knees!)
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To: Darksheare

No kidding - LOL, look at all those removed posts! Wowza!


346 posted on 02/03/2006 10:34:48 PM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: cgk

Yeah!
Most of it was the same exact thing over and over again.
as if he couldn't think up anything unique.


347 posted on 02/03/2006 10:35:30 PM PST by Darksheare (Aim low! They got knees!)
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To: Darksheare
Most of it was the same exact thing over and over again. as if he couldn't think up anything unique.

Most usually can't which gives them away pretty quickly. I have a picture for that problem too:


348 posted on 02/03/2006 10:37:41 PM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: thesharkboy
Did the State Department say the same thing when a cross was put in a jar of urine?

But Muslims blow things up and kill people with they get offended.

349 posted on 02/03/2006 10:38:17 PM PST by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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To: cgk

Sometimes I wonder if they focus group what they will say, and repeat whatever they have come up with.


350 posted on 02/03/2006 10:38:43 PM PST by Darksheare (Aim low! They got knees!)
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To: samtheman

Ditto to that.


351 posted on 02/03/2006 10:41:21 PM PST by Dustbunny (May God be gracious to us and Bless us and make his face shine upon us Ps67:1 Selah)
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To: thesharkboy

The State Departments of virtually every Administration I can think of are filled with a bunch of make-nice A**holes who will NEVER come to your aid or defend you if, God forbid, you should EVER run afoul of "The Law" in some 3rd world hell-hole. The State Department represents the dirty, dark side of American Politics. They are rapidly becoming Public Enemy Numero Uno, along with the ACLU and CAIR. I don't know why this is, and wish someone would enlighten me as to why the State Department never seems to change, why it is always so willingly under the thumb of every disreputable tinhorn dictator it is forced to deal with. Does anyone know of a State Dept. that actually talked the talk and walked the walk when it came to defending Americans?


352 posted on 02/03/2006 10:57:47 PM PST by willyboyishere
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To: samtheman

I don't think Theo Van Gogh used any likeness of Mohammed in his short film on Islam, but it still got him a knife straight through the heart. These people DO NOT BELONG IN THE 21ST CENTURY, and hence DO NOT BELONG ON PLANET EARTH AS IT NOW EXISTS. One never knows from one moment to the next what will arouse their murderous ire. The "image of Mohammed" thing is just a ruse===they would want to kill us even if we converted to Islam, because we weren't "their kind of Muslim".


353 posted on 02/03/2006 11:03:07 PM PST by willyboyishere
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To: thesharkboy
Izzattafact? Maybe it's time for us to raise a real ruckus when our religious and cultural sensibilities are offended. Just about time!
354 posted on 02/03/2006 11:06:32 PM PST by ArmyTeach (Pray daily for our troops.)
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To: thesharkboy

I like the action the State dept took, leave europe twisting in the wind for once. Why should we support their press on anything ??


355 posted on 02/04/2006 1:26:15 AM PST by Rumple4
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To: thesharkboy

This is all just a test, to see how ready the West is for further indoctrination. As we can see by the governments' response, we're ready to be introduced to Islam. The final goal of course is a completely Islamic world, living in the stone age.


356 posted on 02/04/2006 1:35:41 AM PST by Cementjungle
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