Anger Over Mohammed Cartoon

[DanaC]

"On Friday 500 demonstrators marched from Regent's Park Mosque to the Danish embassy in Knightsbridge to protest at the publication of "blasphemous" cartoons in a Danish newspaper, and subsequently in other countries and on the BBC."

500 demonstrators in London? That's not exactly a groundswell of support amongst our muslim countrymen. I'm pretty sure I could get ten times that amount to march in defense of our right to wear stripey socks. Christ, Mark Thomas managed to get several hundred people to stage several hundred individual, simultaneous protests in parliament square to raise awareness of the laws concerning demonstrations in parliament square. Pretty much any reasonably well attended mosque you care to name could, if need be, get 500 people to go protest in London; as could your average, well attended urban church.

The majority of muslims I've spoken to about that whole cartoon thing expressed offense at the cartoon, but did not support the threats and demonstrations at all. They have a right to be offended. Just as we have a right to give that offense. We really mustn't get too strung out judging a billion and a half muslims worldwide, by the actions of a few thousand souls.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by DanaC

500 demonstrators in London? That's not exactly a groundswell of support amongst our muslim countrymen. I'm pretty sure I could get ten times that amount to march in defense of our right to wear stripey socks.

Are these your stripey socks demonstrators?

[Muslima]

xoxoxoBruce,,
ofcourse you know that Kwt Is an Islamic country.
i swear i swear i swear that the last year there were Extremists living in a bulding beside mine, & i wakeup one day on the voice of shooting.
there were a tank & army soldiers standing infront of our bulding,, you know why?!! to kill those extremists & finally they were killed, why we didn't leave them alive isn't they muslims as you say!!
they aren't muslims they pretend Islam, that's it. they kill innocence people not only from other religions but they kill muslims too. & islam means peace so there is no place for criminals.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Muslima

xoxoxoBruce,,
ofcourse you know that Kwt Is an Islamic country.
i swear i swear i swear that the last year there were Extremists living in a bulding beside mine, & i wakeup one day on the voice of shooting.
there were a tank & army soldiers standing infront of our bulding,, you know why?!! to kill those extremists & finally they were killed, why we didn't leave them alive isn't they muslims as you say!!
they aren't muslims they pretend Islam, that's it. they kill innocence people not only from other religions but they kill muslims too. & islam means peace so there is no place for criminals.

Apparently some of your neighboring countries don't feel the same way. As a matter of fact, most of them. Why is that? Are they not muslim countries also? Don't you think the muslim clerics started telling there people to root out the violent element, to rid the community of these butchers? Don't you think that would be more productive, more benefit to muslims, than complaining the west doesn't understand you?

[DanaC]

Are these your stripey socks demonstrators?

No. They are hard line militant islamists protesting against cartoons. There are, however, very few of them. My colleagues and I used to routinely get a greater number of people to stage ad hoc counter demos whenever the NF were in town. The level of their unpleasantness in no way diminishes the paucity of their numbers.

Fuck you. You can kiss this kids ass, but I'm not going to sit here and listen to her bitch about how I'm letting extremists sully her reputation. They're not representing me, they're representing her, so it's on her to stop them if she feels they are not an accurate representation.

No they aren't representing her. Unless she voted for them to represent her, they are self appointed spokesmen for their own interpretation of one of the world's major religions. It is not up to her to stop them, anymore than it is up to you, personally, to stop the KKK.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by DanaC

No. They are hard line militant islamists protesting against cartoons. There are, however, very few of them. My colleagues and I used to routinely get a greater number of people to stage ad hoc counter demos whenever the NF were in town. The level of their unpleasantness in no way diminishes the paucity of their numbers.

When they start blowing up the tubes, burning churches and kidnapping people to cut their heads off, their numbers are quite sufficient. It doesn't take the whole hive to sting you to death.

No they aren't representing her. Unless she voted for them to represent her, they are self appointed spokesmen for their own interpretation of one of the world's major religions. It is not up to her to stop them, anymore than it is up to you, personally, to stop the KKK.

They say they are representing her, and all she has said it they had just cause.... dripping with schadenfreude.
Vote? Vote on what? She doesn't get to vote on shit when it comes to Islam, nor do I think she'd want to... too thoroughly brainwashed.

We took care of the KKK, they don't cut peoples heads off anymore. Of course it would have been more difficult if they had been running the country. It's about time the muslims cleaned their house.

[HungLikeJesus]

I haven't checked the news; how goeth the rioting?

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by HLJ

I haven't checked the news; how goeth the rioting?

Have fun storming the castle! :p

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Darfur is also a case of Muslims abusing Christians -- and others.

Government power rests in Khartoum. Hatred has gripped Khartoum. The Darfuri don't have guns, nor helicopter gunships.

Gov't power + hatred + disarmed targets = a genocide.

A genocide means no one will weep if the leadership of Khartoum ends up hanging by their necks from lampposts.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

It's about time the muslims cleaned their house.

Blood on the walls... blood on the walls.

[Muslima]

TRY THE LAST STEPS with microsoft word and tell me what do you see???

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by Muslima

Is it a coincidence???

Yes.

[Muslima]

did you try the last steps ?

[Muslima]

if you did what do you see?

[theotherguy]

We all see the same thing. It is still a coincidence.