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Their wild overreaction (Must read: The Islamic World's Cartoonish Overreaction, Inferiority Complex
Toronto Globe and Mail ^
| February 4, 2006
Posted on 02/04/2006 5:47:32 AM PST by quesney
Edited on 02/04/2006 6:13:12 AM PST by Admin Moderator.
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Angry demonstrations in the streets. Official protests to European governments. Boycotts of Danish goods. Death threats against journalists. Over what? Twelve cartoons in a Danish newspaper.
Whether or not you agree with decision by Jyllands-Posten to publish the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the reaction in the Islamic world has been far out of scale to any offence given. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian gunmen besieged the offices of the European Union. In Jakarta, Muslim activists protested outside the embassy of Denmark and burned a Danish flag. In Pakistan, mobs of students shouted, "Death to Denmark."
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To: AliVeritas
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posted on
02/04/2006 6:18:56 AM PST
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: rodguy911; varmintxer; navynucmom; Repub4bush; rightinthemiddle; andyk; defconw; tiredoflaundry; ...
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posted on
02/04/2006 6:21:36 AM PST
by
AliVeritas
(The Espionage Act of 1917... It's time to use it.)
To: quesney
Radical Islam is a thousand-plus years of mass insanity masquerading as a legitimate faith. Being kept in darkness for that long would make anybody blind, but they have no one to blame but themselves.
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posted on
02/04/2006 6:22:08 AM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)
To: MediaAnalyst
You REALLY had me for a second there, until I clicked on the link. I was laughing so hard I clicked on the wrong link three times before I was able to get to the post reply. That was just hilarious (because it's true, of course).
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posted on
02/04/2006 6:23:02 AM PST
by
Hardastarboard
(HEY - Billy Joe! You ARE an American Idiot!)
To: bill1952
How many protests of this size have we seen against suicide bombings and beheadings?
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posted on
02/04/2006 6:23:06 AM PST
by
AliVeritas
(The Espionage Act of 1917... It's time to use it.)
To: quesney
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posted on
02/04/2006 6:25:18 AM PST
by
Unicorn
(Too many wimps around.)
To: Puppage
That oldest of cliches perfectly describes them: They can dish it out, but they can't take it. Period.
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posted on
02/04/2006 6:25:25 AM PST
by
JennysCool
(Non-Y2K-Compliant)
To: Owl_Eagle
"islam clearly produces an inferior culture."
Exactly right....but one with a superiority complex. What this particular episode shows me is exactly why I back Bush 100% on the war on terror. (Just wish he'd do SOMETHING for our borders) This reaction over a few cartoons that hurt nobody...after being read you still have your head, limbs and life... but total apathy over their so called extremists killing thousands and beheading innocent people, INCLUDING OTHER MUSLIMS.
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posted on
02/04/2006 6:27:09 AM PST
by
Ozarkie
To: quesney; All
Everything I have found about
The War of the 12 Cartoons ( links, blogs, quips, quotes, aggravating pictures ) is located here- click the Pic, and scroll backwards:
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posted on
02/04/2006 6:33:51 AM PST
by
backhoe
To: quesney
I read recently (sorry, don't recall where,) that a large part of the Muslim motivation is a perceived lack of respect from others. Sounds a bit like our own thug culture (You diss'in me?)
I just hope the Muslims and the thugs learn soon that respect is earned; not simply demanded. The overreaction to the cartoons is counter productive in that sense in that it results in reduced respect.
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posted on
02/04/2006 6:34:04 AM PST
by
LiberationIT
(Is reduced respect even still possible?)
To: LiberationIT
Silly bastards. If muslims worked half as hard at economic gain as they do at being perpetually offended.....
Well, that will never happen.
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posted on
02/04/2006 6:45:39 AM PST
by
308MBR
(After over 20 years of GOP only, I'm voting a split ticket in 'O6 and hoping for gridlock.)
To: Hardastarboard
"(because it's true, of course)"
Thanks, on a serious note, it's one thing for people to behave like animals, in my opinion it take remarkable people to stop that behavior. The framers of the Constitution are examples of these people, as well as practically all of the people that helped developed Western Civilization - particularly the concept of a Justice system where generally impartial people (judges and juries) get to hear and decide grievances, rather than the aggrieved simply chopping the heads off of people they have a problem with.
I don't expect everyone to live up to our standards on their own - if that were true the rest of the world would look a lot more like Australia than like your typical third world country.
But I do expect us Westerners to at least make an attempt to show them the way. Instead you have a political party made up of very well educated people that spends all of their time explaining that it's our fault for trying to uphold our 2000 year old standards, not the fault of the savages trying to destroy us (with full support of the MSM, of course). This unwillingness to stand up for our values puts the Dems on a lower plane than even the Muzzies, as I see it (like a 5 year old kid acting like a brat, and the parent either ignoring the behavior and condoning it - who do you respect less?).
But on top of all that, the Dems know better, which makes it even worse, for if one of them has a 12 year old daughter that is kidnapped by a Muzzie group (say, in this country), only to have her returned after being circumcised (i.e., female genital mutilation), they would be screaming at the top of their lungs for revenge and justice. But when Muzzies do it to their own daughters, its called "multi-culturalism", and must be understood.
That is why I have less respect for Dems than I do for Muzzies.
To: tkathy
Islam as a Government is a failure. Islam as a Religion is doing quite well. Albeit perverse.
To: bill1952
Amazing how Islam fanatics despise American culture, but are hooked up to the Internet, carry cell phones, and travel on Aircraft invented by Americans.
To: MediaAnalyst
BTW, just got back from DU (I go there when I've read all the threads here and my stomach is feeling strong), and they
really are crazy.
They're delusional as hell, talking about dictatorships and coups, and God knows what else. I'm actually starting to worry about them becoming violent, or attempting violence against our political leadership. I sure hope the Secret Service is keeping an eye on those guys.
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posted on
02/04/2006 7:09:13 AM PST
by
Hardastarboard
(HEY - Billy Joe! You ARE an American Idiot!)
To: Puppage
It's a fair point. Every copy of the Koran is filled with blasphemy toward Christianity and Judaism.
"Free speech for me and not for thee."
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posted on
02/04/2006 7:14:01 AM PST
by
JCEccles
To: quesney
To: AliVeritas
These people are classic paranoids. They see a threat behind every cartoon. Perhaps, we should pose a serious threat to them so that they can tell the difference.
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posted on
02/04/2006 7:52:06 AM PST
by
FOXFANVOX
(A Tony Snow fan!)
To: bill1952
recent protest at ground zero.Your picture of the Islamic protestors ay Ground Zero in NY is shocking. Try to imagine Japanese living in Hawaii protesting like that at Pearl Harbor during WWII.
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posted on
02/04/2006 8:09:50 AM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Life is like a cow pasture, it's hard to get through without stepping in some mess. NRA.)
To: Inyo-Mono
Good point.
I wonder just what goes through the minds of those passers by, but they did vote for Kerry, and they will vote for Hillary.
Sometimes I wonder if the NE would vote for Osama.
I do believe they would vote for Sheehan for POTUS.
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posted on
02/04/2006 9:35:20 AM PST
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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