tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post113929614504665729..comments2023-10-09T10:54:03.005-05:00Comments on Whitehall: incoherent, mainstream islamic hatred and violence spreadsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-1139351227941230582006-02-07T17:27:00.000-05:002006-02-07T17:27:00.000-05:00The reaction in the "Muslim street," so to speak, ...The reaction in the "Muslim street," so to speak, tends ironically to justify accusation alleged by the cartoon. If Islam is not a religion of violence--which for the record, I won't say it is--the way to prove that is not to burn an embassy, engage in violent and threatening protest and to kill priests. Sigh. A thousand years of darkness doesn't sound like it'll be long enough.timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900159133427169416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-1139341964553017792006-02-07T14:52:00.000-05:002006-02-07T14:52:00.000-05:00Yeah. That doesn't sound right to me. My problem...Yeah. That doesn't sound right to me. My problem with the cartoons, mainly, is that they were in fact insensitive. In other words, I think they were bad simply because they were bound to offend Muslims. Otherwise, I agree with the sentiments they expressed (but then, I'm not a Muslim). The cartoons may be criticized on political grounds. The violence, on the other hand, may be criticized on political AND (mainly) moral grounds. It just isn't right to run amok and burn down buildings and advocate the massacring of a race (TWO races: Jews and "Europeans") because some cartoons got your dander up. The one is bad taste; the other is just plain bad.<BR/><BR/>But I suppose the Vatican has to walk on eggshells when it begins to criticize Muslims. Lord knows, if they're good at anything, its storming and raging.gwbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126771210414634962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-1139338338666992452006-02-07T13:52:00.000-05:002006-02-07T13:52:00.000-05:00Hi WB,What do you make of the Vatican calling the ...Hi WB,<BR/><BR/>What do you make of the Vatican calling the cartoons and the violence they have spawned "equally deplorable"? I don't know...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com