tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post113898247432662450..comments2023-12-11T16:47:48.512-06:00Comments on Three O'Clock in the Morning: When the Shiite hits the fanFletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1139064432896006902006-02-04T08:47:00.000-06:002006-02-04T08:47:00.000-06:00Inquisitor, thanks for illustrating a very importa...Inquisitor, thanks for illustrating a very important point. <BR/><BR/>You take exception to something I have published, but your response isn't to track down where I live and throw eggs at my house or explode a suitcase bomb, or to call for violent uprisings against American embassies. <BR/><BR/>It's to publish something in return. It's the proper response and the best way to compete in the marketplace of ideas. And it doesn't make me think you're an extremist wacko.FletcherDodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1139029346100622792006-02-03T23:02:00.000-06:002006-02-03T23:02:00.000-06:00If a Hindu is out at the same restaurant I am, it ...If a Hindu is out at the same restaurant I am, it will not stop me from ordering steak. See what I mean? We all need to be patient and understand and understanding is not supression. The papers aren't going to stop publishing what they want b/c there is a population that opposes them. Why should they? The age old thing: If you don't like it, you have the choice not to read watch or listen and you have to choice not to agree as well. To each their own. You know what your own values are so why be outraged? If you have a strong core within you then who cares???? Leave it to religion and a bunch of nuts to start shit over nothing. Simply said. They just haven't realized that yet. And btw, inquisitor, I am American, as is emaw_kc and just b/c we are American does not mean we are ignorant.MiCheleLynnXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12007231460870968001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1139025866738553802006-02-03T22:04:00.000-06:002006-02-03T22:04:00.000-06:00This is a difficult issue for me, and I appreciate...This is a difficult issue for me, and I appreciate your well-written thoughts. My gut says "screw 'em", and I'm impressed with the newspapers showing the courage to stand up for free speech. On the other hand, I want to respect the traditions of a religion I don't fully understand, that views these cartoons as blasphemy. <BR/><BR/>Ultimately, I stand by the papers, I think. The right wing christians, who I tend to think are almost as bizarre as the radical islamists, don't go this far in objecting to what they view as blasphemous portrayals of Jesus. They might boycott a few advertisers, but you don't see parades of them chanting "death to CBS" (yet, though I think they may be trending that way).<BR/><BR/>The point is, your religion definitely has the right to impose restrictions on you, but it doesn't give you the right to impose those restrictions on me. If your religion opposes abortion, then don't have one, but don't try to ban it for the rest of us. If your religion says not to eat beef, don't eat beef, but I want my ribeye.<BR/><BR/>It was probably poor form for the papers to publish the cartoons, just as I wouldn't choose to munch on a rare chunk of prime rib in front of a Hindu. But I support their right to be obnoxious.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178761985520264906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1139024126667254212006-02-03T21:35:00.000-06:002006-02-03T21:35:00.000-06:00"What is stirring up the controversy? Abuses at Ab..."What is stirring up the controversy? Abuses at Abu Grahib? High unemployment and racism in Paris? The rising civilian death toll in Iraq?<BR/><BR/>Nope. All of the recent protests and outrage are the result of a Danish editorial cartoon."<BR/><BR/>And you are probably one of those who believes that the cause of WW1 was the assasination of the Archduke. It's alright. You're american aren't you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com