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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe should start a fund drive to send Terry Jones and the producer of that film
a one way ticket To Egypt. That way they can explain why they did it.
naaman fletcher
(7,362 posts)Yeah they are douchebags, but I am stunned by how many people here actually think that they are at fault for this.
PS (I don't even believe that the mobs were incited by this movie, I think it is a convenient excuse for both sides to cover up the inside baseball going on)
gholtron
(376 posts)Their religion is as important as our constitution is to us. We fight to protect it. Their whole life revolves around the teaching of the Koran.
Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)I don't care if somebody dedicates their life to religion, but if they are going to kill people because one person put together a crappy film, then they are idiots.
I don't think we should limit free speech because it upsets some people.
Number_9
(32 posts)... you are both right.
Joe Schmoe (of the muslim variety) probably does get that riled up.
However, the reality of it is that the shot callers are guys with power, guns, cell phones, computers and access to crew weapons are a different story. The mob might believe it but the leaders use any excuse to achieve their goals and improve their position of power.
In a one on one, over chai, these guys will be straight with you and tell you that they aren't that devout. Religion secures their position and is a means to an end.
We see this in our own culture and they just take it to the next level.
I've been there. I've seen it. Count on it...
naaman fletcher
(7,362 posts)Let them ban youtube in their countries if they want.
We don't have to give up our freedoms for their middle-age beliefs.
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