The two often go hand-in-hand but I think you can't disagree that Jews get a bad rap in many Arabic countries. The reasons as we have always maintained have to do with the Palestenian and West Bank problems. It has nothing to do with a fundamental hatred for Jews such as the one that informed anti semit
Screw them all, and the camels they rode in on. Where's the Button, George This last comment just shows how ill informed many are about the present controversey. Jesus is recognised as a Propher along with Abraham and Moses. No Moslem will dishonor Jesus (whether he was Christ) is open to dispute. There
Regardless, I don't wish to insult you, and I hope you know after all this time I do respect you and your views very much This is an intellectual discussion and I too have high esteem for you views.In fact thogh I do defend the Moslem point of view and do see the hurt where it lies, I do not endorse Ter
must understand that while this cartoon is an insult to you, the demand that our freedoms be changed to meet the Islamic standard of "respect" is a great threat to us. What we publish in our newspapers doesn't change the way Muslims in other coutries go about their business As you put it "OUR FREEDOMS"
They never hold Communistic governments accountable, either. Same pattern, different subject. Communist Governments do not make the tall moral claims that the elected regimes make.
You will agree that Bush and the Bushmen have not been in any sense of the word any great defendres of Civil Liberties. The Patriots Act and the on going spuying on the citizens precludes any thought that Bush is a defender od democracy. Waging War on Iraq in an wholly illegal manner and now with Iran. Islam has become the rallying point of all those who oppose this unipolar world dominated by the USA.
That image, Bahu, represents some 3000 innocent souls murdered in the cruelest way possible in the name of that effing "revered symbol". Now you have a feel of how Moslems feel when their symbols are ctitisised. Your response is truly amazing. This is exactly the response in Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon, Ir
Island Dog One is a religious symbol and revered all over the world. The other is a political and economic symbol. In any case they are not to be equated.
The Muslim faith bodes ill for peace in this world. IT is a religion of violence. Your statement is just off the mark. Can you judge Christianity on the basis of the history of those who have professed the faith. Just think the Holocaust was perpetrated by Germens who were church going Christians. The s
but those are called CONSEQUENCES Yes. That is the problem. The positions have hardened into habits and the West believes that it can cruush the Moslem world. Unfortunately, Arab nationalism is now replaced by a pan Islamic Jehadist mentality thaT BODES ILL FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD.
Islam is a religion that seeks to convert all non-Muslims. The Muslims simply would not tolerate any society to be non-Muslim Many would say that Christianity too has the same tendency. Afterall both religions had the same God.
It is easy for Islam to demand an end to any bias against them, but are they willing to give up centuries old biases YOU. People have different ideas about what is offensive. I'm
The response is such that I have to deal with quite a few issues. I too am a civil libertarian and do not want to see sensorship imposed on writers. So when I c say that the cartoons were offensive I am only stating an obvious civilizational point that we must not dishonor the sacred symbols of other faiths because it is an invitation to violence on a scale that we cannot veen imagine. What grat principle of Freedom was served by the cartoons except p
As for frustration, we in the West are very frustrated about Muslims who would riot in the streets because of a political cartoon, but who sit silently when innocent people are murdered. The point of view that you wxpress is mainstream European or even American. All that I am saying is that Islam like a
A few weeks back a Danish newspaper published a picture of Prophet Momammad, peace be on his name. The cartoon showed the Prophet wearing a bomb in his turban. The Moslem world was just aghast at this irreverential portrayal of the Prophet. Since then the fires have been raging in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Western embedded media says that it
George Bush is an impressive speaker. Unfortunately politcs and statecraft require more than eloquence. The ability of a politician to connect with his people is important. The American people have got sick and tired of the war in Iraq and more than 60% of them want the troops to return home. More than 2,340 young mebn and women have been killed in Iraq and there is n
What makes me sick is all you fools who would have been calling for Prs. Bush's head if he had have been so draconian as to encrouch on the "rights" of the terrorists to plan and execute the attacks of 9/11. Protrction of Civil Liberties is the responsibility of the State and in the name of an undefined
In the wake of the attacks on the Pentagon and the Twin Towers on 9/11 the US Congress enacted the Patriot's Act. The curtailment of civil liberties and the assumption of the power of internal espionage by the Federal Government, now hotly contested, are the hallmarks of the Act. However this was not the first time that such draconian legislation has been enated in US
We kept the Commies at bay until 1973, of course, when we started pulling out; then they made great strides. Even with our reduced presence, though, it still took them two years to conquer a country about the size of Vermont. Did we lose Vietnam? No....we gave it away; almost from the start, you could say. And one thing that didn
notice you didn't address the "idiot" portion of this comment! Does that mean you think he's not a racist, but he is an "idiot"? And given his remarks about the rebuilding of NO the other day, he is more of a racist than anyone gave him credit for. Well, he has retracted his remark about N O being a cho
Too much is being read into her remarks. She ignored history. In fact the REPUBLICANS were the party of Emancipation not DEmocrats. If you study the Democrats in Dixie many of them hhaf extremely embarassing associations.
Yes, and in that war as well, General Pershing ordered all Moslem dead to be buried slathered in pig's blood and pieces of pork. As far as I know, Gen Pershing faught only in Mexico and not the Phillipines.
What's amazing about this analogy is that it stands history on its head. The plantation owners of the south of 1863 were about the most solid block of Democrats you could find. Back then, they had a name for people who were fighting against slavery, even willing to die for it. They were called Republicans I have made the sdame point on my blog posted elsewhere in JU. I agree that the DEMOCRAYS cannot speak of Slavery in Bixie for th
Nagin is an idiot, and a racist to boot I do not think that Nagin deserves this . He is not a racist as he is a minority Afro American.
The junior senator from New York is agusty lady. She is known to be an aggressive speaker and a good orator.. Yet she made a remark about the House Republican Leadership running like a "plantation". This remark on Martin Luther King Day has been considered inappropriate and has stirred a lot of dust. She added: You know what I mean. I think this remark is bei
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