> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 11:34 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Culture Clash? > > Many have already made the point that, while the cartoons were > offensive, the most offense act was the disrespect for the rule of law > by Muslims. > > The irony in Gel's point (that Tony is painting all Muslims with one > brush) is that it's exactly what the violent Muslims are doing: > attacking Danish, French, and German citizens due to the act of > newspapers. As if ALL Danes hate Muslims.
Personally I think it's more subtle than that - they (the extremists) are attacking as if the cartoons were a sign of hatred for Muslims. I'm not so sure, from the cartoons, that anybody involved "hated Muslims". Rational Muslims looked at that, felt (according to their cultural build rightly) insulted and decided to voice their anger and boycott Danish products. Irrational Muslims attacked. Irrational people of any stripe need very little excuse to attack. I still find the reaction from some people here disappointing. We know what to expect from extremists, this behavior isn't surprising. But to have people tout the superiority of our culture on one hand and devolve to the same level on the other is infuriating. The irony is that some of us are allowing a very small minority of Muslim extremist to convert them to their way of thinking. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:195851 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
