who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
Is it possible to believe in something so strongly that you instinctually use violence at any sign of disagreement? The current situation regarding the Dutch cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad (which, honestly, made NO sense) and the utter madness and chaos brought on by angry Muslims all over the world, is total insanity.
Give me a fucking break.
People have been making fun of Christians, Jews, Indians, etc. for years and you don't see a bunch of Catholics burning down embassies whenever someone speaks up or disapproves. This is an obvious statement of how far behind and how arrogant SOME people in the Muslim world can be. Let's make this perfectly clear: I am not passing judgment on ALL Muslims, but simply the ones who can't take a joke. Political cartoons have been around for decades and are created to inspire conversation and motivate thought or change, they have no hidden agenda or secret hatred of Muslims, it was only a comic.
This whole thing is evidence of why the world, in general, views the Muslim community as so barbaric. When people are rioting in the streets of, not just one, but many countries; when people have actually gotten killed because of something so benign as a cartoon (it wasn't even funny) people are going to make quick generalizations and that's exactly how resentment is bred. On both sides of the track people are pissed off, and what's worse is that the whole thing is so ridiculous that, if you look right below the surface it just seems as if the Muslim world will do anything just to cause a fight, simply because that's all they've ever known how to do. These people don't understand the idea of freedoms or rights, they were brought up in worlds completely different from that of the US or Britain.
This is something we as Americans will never fully understand and, with that said, my point in all of this: our true goal as a country should be to help the world as much as possible, in every way possible, while continually providing services for the needs of the citizens, but our helping the rest of the world, or countries where terror runs rampant, relies on us understanding them first. The Muslims believe in something that they truly think is the correct way to live, which is perfectly wonderful and should be something to celebrate, and they, as a people, obviously do not think themselves crazy, and that's where Americans and the rest of the world come in. We must first educate the population of the world on the Muslim religion, which will spur talks for years to come, on the political and social level. Fear of that which is different is human nature and the only way to get past it is to have understanding and compassion for your fellow man.
You know what?
Nevermind, bomb 'em all to hell.
Give me a fucking break.
People have been making fun of Christians, Jews, Indians, etc. for years and you don't see a bunch of Catholics burning down embassies whenever someone speaks up or disapproves. This is an obvious statement of how far behind and how arrogant SOME people in the Muslim world can be. Let's make this perfectly clear: I am not passing judgment on ALL Muslims, but simply the ones who can't take a joke. Political cartoons have been around for decades and are created to inspire conversation and motivate thought or change, they have no hidden agenda or secret hatred of Muslims, it was only a comic.
This whole thing is evidence of why the world, in general, views the Muslim community as so barbaric. When people are rioting in the streets of, not just one, but many countries; when people have actually gotten killed because of something so benign as a cartoon (it wasn't even funny) people are going to make quick generalizations and that's exactly how resentment is bred. On both sides of the track people are pissed off, and what's worse is that the whole thing is so ridiculous that, if you look right below the surface it just seems as if the Muslim world will do anything just to cause a fight, simply because that's all they've ever known how to do. These people don't understand the idea of freedoms or rights, they were brought up in worlds completely different from that of the US or Britain.
This is something we as Americans will never fully understand and, with that said, my point in all of this: our true goal as a country should be to help the world as much as possible, in every way possible, while continually providing services for the needs of the citizens, but our helping the rest of the world, or countries where terror runs rampant, relies on us understanding them first. The Muslims believe in something that they truly think is the correct way to live, which is perfectly wonderful and should be something to celebrate, and they, as a people, obviously do not think themselves crazy, and that's where Americans and the rest of the world come in. We must first educate the population of the world on the Muslim religion, which will spur talks for years to come, on the political and social level. Fear of that which is different is human nature and the only way to get past it is to have understanding and compassion for your fellow man.
You know what?
Nevermind, bomb 'em all to hell.
posted by samuel at 11:31 AM
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