Re: Glenn Beck
There aren't any KFC torchings when Jesus, Moses, etc are ridiculed. Or are they not considered family?
That's a good point. I suppose because most of the ridicule thrown on both come from other "Jews" and "Christians"...so it is akin to my cousin calling my Aunt or Uncle vicious names. It's an odd situation. Maybe we'll clue in one day and realize that such isn't the situation.
Now, if a Muslim dared hurl insults at either...well...KFC's would probably still get burned...but in defense of the rioters, those places are full of grease...and so quite [FONT='Times New Roman']flammable (actually, the point being those who llike burning things will burn things for the sake of it...it's just how it works in riot situations...99.9% will be angry but peacful, but then there's that 0.1% who go all ape...just because they can).
In any case, during the rushdie affair, one of the big stinks against him was what one of the characters said about Abraham (or was it Moses?)...I suppose context matters.