Actually, My son is here visiting me and I mentioned these threads to him. He has lived in Copenhagen for a couple of years and feels that there is in fact considerable anti-Muslim sentiment, for whatever that assessment might be worth. Of course, boycotting an entire country over the actions of a privately owned newpaper still gets you an "unclear on the concept" badge, but since it's likely to be about as effective as most boycotts, I fail to see why it rates so much emotion.
Personally, it makes me wonder what other news story would otherwise be on the front page. Anyway. I think I'll take a break from the community archives. It's extremely depressing to realize that otherwise intelligent people, whom I otherwise like quite a bit, have these sorts of views. Lately there seems to be a lot of yelling and very little listening. Reminds me of when were sure to beat the Iraqis because we were bringing them civilization :\ >> -----Original Message----- > >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:5:195860 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
