Where is the Outrage??? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

smicer · 12-12-2006, 10:08 PM

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061212/D8LVI5B80.html

Muslims are outraged and protest and riot when a cartoon depicting their prophet is drawn.

Yet dozens of people are massacred and there is not a single peep.
Where are the protests, where is the outrage?

The_Jazz · 12-13-2006, 06:02 AM

I imagine that it's hard to be outraged by daily occurrences, even if they are blatantly evil. Did you protest and riot after Tianamen Square? How about after the massacre of the Salvadoran priests in 1989? They were Christians (obviously); why didn't Americans and Europeans spill into the streets? More recently, why didn't the massacre of 18 members of a family in Mexico in a drug deal gone wrong make national headlines in the US?

Just like it is in the US, for the Egyptians and Jordanians, this is happening at arm's length in another country. It's also not entirely clear who did this or why. This attack was on Iraqis in particular and not on Islam in general, which is how the cartoons were perceived.

Try again.

filtherton · 12-13-2006, 06:23 AM

I want to know why our president isn't outraged and why the american people aren't outraged.

Charlatan · 12-13-2006, 06:25 AM

Smicer... you have been around enough to know that:

a) you need to quote the source, not just the link
and
b) you need to have a discussion topic.

When you can PM me (or another mod) a discussion topic the thread will be re-opened.

Cheers

12-12-2006, 10:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
smicer Tilted	Where is the Outrage??? http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061212/D8LVI5B80.html Muslims are outraged and protest and riot when a cartoon depicting their prophet is drawn. Yet dozens of people are massacred and there is not a single peep. Where are the protests, where is the outrage? Last edited by smicer; 12-12-2006 at 10:13 PM..

12-13-2006, 06:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	I imagine that it's hard to be outraged by daily occurrences, even if they are blatantly evil. Did you protest and riot after Tianamen Square? How about after the massacre of the Salvadoran priests in 1989? They were Christians (obviously); why didn't Americans and Europeans spill into the streets? More recently, why didn't the massacre of 18 members of a family in Mexico in a drug deal gone wrong make national headlines in the US? Just like it is in the US, for the Egyptians and Jordanians, this is happening at arm's length in another country. It's also not entirely clear who did this or why. This attack was on Iraqis in particular and not on Islam in general, which is how the cartoons were perceived. Try again. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

12-13-2006, 06:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Smicer... you have been around enough to know that: a) you need to quote the source, not just the link and b) you need to have a discussion topic. When you can PM me (or another mod) a discussion topic the thread will be re-opened. Cheers __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

12-13-2006, 06:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
filtherton Junkie Location: In the land of ice and snow.	I want to know why our president isn't outraged and why the american people aren't outraged.