Cartoon related threads/Protests (all threads merged)

[Muslim_Queen]

Re: Area Muslims React With Tempered Anger/all threads merged

@Ohioguy

Non-Muslims do not think it is a big deal. Do you freak out when you eat beef, worried that you will offend a Hindu?

What I would like to see, just once, is an example that would be something a bit more than a joke. So I ask you to think it over and see if you can give me a reasonable example.

@Ohioguy

Non-Muslims beleive that the reaction is worse than the cartoons, and there is very little you can say or do to convince us otherwise.

I am not trying to justify violence nor am I trying to convince you otherwise. I am simply informing you that it is indeed very sad when you can’t “understand” a people or their faith. I am in fact shocked that you want us to adopt an attitude where we shouldnt bother to speak up when we are offended.

@Ohioguy

When there was a big scandal involving Catholic priests molesting children, do you think the Catholocs were spared any commentary? Of course not every Priest molested. It is unfair to paint all priests with the evil deeds of a few?

YOU think the issue is the image of the Prophet. WE think the issue is Muslim violence. That was the analogy of the cartoons, that is what someone wanted to communicate to you. Much like the crisi of the Catholic church, the ridicule will not cease until the problem is solved. The Catholic Church eventually began to realize that the solution was not to deny the problem and spirit away the priests to some monestary. Eventually they confronted the problem, and solved it.

Knowing the over reaction of Muslims, I anticipate more baiting on the issue, not less. Brace yourselves.

I think the issue is exactly what I am talking about. It was about painting all Muslims as wild, violent blood thirsty creatures. Excuse us if we minded that particular stroke of the paintbrush.

The issue here OG is not about Muslims being violent. It is about people who make it seem so. It is about people who provoke a reaction, then sit back and blame it all on the people who tend to get angry when provoked.

Some people it seems, sit around to incite violence. You wouldn’t have had the Muslims reaction if somebody had not done something to get it. So kindly stick the blame sticker where it belongs. Again I do think that harmful actions in protests were wrong. But I think people who were offended had every right to be, and that cartoon was not just a lame attempt at a joke.