Posted on 02/05/2006 4:58:10 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Yes, I heard him, too. I will give Kirin credit for asking the question, which, as you say, he dodged and went native.
i just saw that last weekend for the first time, and i went OFF. that is the most ridiculous thing i have ever seen and just wildly inappropriate, IMO!
I saw part of the referenced segment in which he said:"You put a bomb on the top of Jesus and I'm offended." My first impression was that he is a Christian. My second impression was that he would express his repulsion in a verbal and civilized manner while the Islamist fanatics express their repulsion in a physical and uncivilized manner.
I am not an admirer, but I think he is unfairly taking too much heat over this.
The point I was trying to make is that Phillips was excusing the Muslim rioting, explaining it away in terms of their different religion and culture.
We have pried open the soft underbelly of the beast!
Don't stop now!
DRAW MORE CARTOONS!!!
Then the world will begin to see this trash for the Nazis that they are.
DRAW MORE CARTOONS!!!
ALL ARTISTS TO THEIR PALLETTES!
What's the email address? Every time I go to the site to find it it's buried somewhere and I get frustrated. I'd like to send them an email also complaining about Phillips.
p.s. I don't like the commercial either.
More importantly, when can we expect FOX to fire his sorry A$$?
Phillips displaying the soft bigotry of low expecations.
Who'd'a thunk it.
"I'll have the roast duck with mango salsa."
OMG! ROFLMAO!
So what we get is strangely grating, unpredictable and disconcerting. Julian doesn't play the middle, he IS the middle.
I viewed it more as an explanation than an excuse. Of course, I did not see the entire discussion.
Sorry about that. I read your message, quickly composed and posted my reply, then went back and re-read your message and noticed you had requested a private reply. I sincerely apologize.
Phillips was/is making excuses.
It may be a part of Muslim culture to protest violently by harming people and destroying property, but it should not be condoned or shrugged away. It should be soundly condemned, just like the culture of uncivilized people who practiced child sacrifice or cannibalism.
I said I had only caught a brief segment of the show.
Exactly. Phillips will take one step forward, two steps back.
For example, after his original apologia, he tried to backtrack, claiming he isn't condoning the rioting. But with his next breath, he said "since people know how Muslims are going to react, they shouldn't have run the cartoons."
Julian would never have advised MLK, Jr., nor of course should he have, "don't go marching in Alabama. In light of southern white culture, it will only incite them to violence."
I heard that c**p coming out of Julian's mouth this morning too..
Wanted to comment on it but still struggle with "teh 133t haxxor" skills to put all of it together..
It's part of FOXNews's strategy to be "fair and balanced" I suppose, but I wish they would get rid of these Liberal apologists and become a "real" conservative news network..
Excellent point, randita. We can understand that a culture responds differently, but that is not an excuse. Just as I have to overcome my intense desire to punch certain people with whom I disagree (Julian Phillips comes to mind), Muslims should be taught to overcome their desire for mayhem and destruction as a form of protest.
And I understand your point about how Phillips could've been understood. And I'd be willing to give hime the benefit of the doubt. But I've caught the discussion this morning more than once and there's no mistaking what Phillips means: that excuses should be made for Muslims. And I find that attitude appalling and incredibly offensive on a number of levels.
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