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Originally Posted by Charlatan
This is exactly the kind of divisive language that makes me shake my head. Instead of recognizing that *all* points on the spectrum of this thread agree that violent protest is unacceptable you suggest that those whose opinion differs from your support it.
The only differences of opinion in this thread about this whole situation are:
1) that not all Islam is to blame, only a minority of extremists
2) that perhaps freedom of expression comes with a responsibility rather than just a carte blanche to print, say or do what ever you feel.
That's really it beyond some minor sirmishes about root causes, which are not especially relevant to the topic at hand (though no less interesting).
If it wasn't your intention to level that backhanded swipe at at least half the posters in this thread, then I apologize and suggest that you take more care in what you are saying and how you say it.
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The only backhanded swipe I've seen here is you suggesting that someone is blaming "all of Islam." I will be waiting for your apology to at least half of the posters here and watching to see if you take more care in the future in what you say. You are becoming rather provocative. Such language may lead to rioting, murder, and burning Canadians alive. Can't you temper your language with alittle responsibility?
A few years ago in Germany there was a gang of Neo-NAZI skinheads that torched the houses of Turkist immigrants. It seems the skinheads were offended by the Turks, and the skinheads felt the Turkish immigrants were an affront to their fascist beliefs. In fact, the publication of local Turkish newspapers and shops with signs printed in the Turkish language were quite evident in the neighborhood.
Is it fair to say that the presence of so much Turkish culture in the neighborhood "inflamed" the local skinheads? Should you suggest that the Turks try to change their behavior so the skinheads would not be inflamed to carry out acts of savagry? Would it be reasonable to insist that the immigrants only speak and write in German in order to show "responsibility"?
But today, while Muslim barbarians, acting in the name of their religion
"swarm through the city center with machetes, sticks and iron rods [and] throw a tire around a man, pour gas on him and set him ablaze,"
we are inevitably reminded by the PC police in this forum and elsewhere that the Danish cartoons were not "responsible."
Is it irresponsible to reprint this AP press report?
Quote: "Thousands of rioters burned 15 churches in Maiduguri in a three-hour rampage before troops and police reinforcements restored order, Nigerian police spokesman Haz Iwendi said. Iwendi said security forces arrested dozens of people in the city about 1,000 miles northeast of the capital, Lagos."
Or would it be more responsible to tell the truth of what is happening?
Would you say the AP is irresponsible for reporting that
"Most of the dead were Christians beaten to death on the streets by the rioters . . . Witnesses said three children and a priest were among those killed..."
Someone is offended by something spoken, printed or broadcast each and every minute of each and every day. If "having offense" were the test; the threshold freedom should never cross, nothing would ever be printed or reported.