Hey, I didn't want to get into this, but it's hard to resist :P In my opinion, Muslims have done exactly what they shouldn't have done. I am Christian by birth, don't believe in religion, and most of my friend are Muslim, even though I sound harsh, I hope Muslim readers don't take this in an offensive way.
1. Muslims did attack a church in Lebanon in retaliation to the drawings and they burnt the Danish Embassy in Beirut. They also burnt some cars that where around the Embassy even though those people had nothing to do with it. Even though a small group of extremists are the ones who are responsible, they where surrounded by a bigger groups of Muslims doing a "peacefull protest". Well, guess what, it makes all of them look bad, and the media loves this and feeds this through the whole world. And then the message emitted by those drawings is reinforced. Each burnt down embassy and bomb threat make the cartoons seems more and more real to the western world. 2. Islamic law does not apply in Denmark. Even though what they did was immoral, stupid and just a way for the newspaper to get some attention, the Muslim world should not try to punish the whole country for the actions of a stupid newspaper editor (boycotts, burning embassies and making Danish people afraid to travel to Muslim countries). No matter how offensive the images are, they are not allowed to impose Muslim law on country, and should not try to force Muslim law on them by any means. They are certainly not allowed to send bomb threats to the newspaper. Respect of other religions is not something that is forced, it is something that is earned through dialog and sharing. This again gives them an excuse to show how Muslim countries don't have freedom of expression and are all under strict control from their governments. But my main problem is that it shows the world that Muslims are hostile, violent and aggressive. Think about it, you have the Western world that publishes some harmless seeming cartoons, and you have the Muslim world that starts burning, rioting and making bomb threats. Who do you think looks good and who do you think looks bad? And how much credibility are they giving the cartoons? In my opinion, Muslim should chill. The cartoons are offensive yes, but they are not worth all this attention. The Danish newspaper is probably making record profits now because of all this media attention. And posting messages about it on a mailing list does not help. Just forget about it and get on with your lives. Some stupid newspaper editor decided to get smart, and well, it seems he accomplished everything he wanted to. And Muslims are giving him exactly what he wants. Laterz, Burger ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Amsn-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel
