tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35315805.post1151990059502821685..comments2024-01-12T18:27:33.795-05:00Comments on Exercise in Futility: Feeding the Hate MonsterTommykeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14751182125861177379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35315805.post-29385640121329368332012-09-17T21:17:55.889-04:002012-09-17T21:17:55.889-04:00If you were, at this time, a Muslim living in anot...<i>If you were, at this time, a Muslim living in another country, your chances of being blown up while in your home by a bomb launched by an American are actually fairly high. Even if you're totally innocent, never took part in any sort of terrorist or subversive activity.</i><br /><br />V1car, if you are a Muslim living in Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, the Maldives, Bangladesh, Jordan, Turkey, Senegal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, or Djibouti, the chances of being blown up by an American bomb are virtually zero.<br /><br /><i>I am amazed by the way most of my fellow Americans want to take these riots out of context, as though America wasn't already bombing half the Muslim world, propping up repressive dictatorships in half the rest, and saber-rattling at the remainder. It's bad enough that we are behaving outrageously; now people like you are amazed when there is outrage?</i><br /><br />I understand there is outrage, just as I understand that there are groups in Muslim countries that have a vested interest in further stoking anger against us over a stupid Youtube video, just as I understand that there are forces at work here in America trying to stoke our outrage. That was the whole point of my post.<br /><br />@ Infidel753. Funny how the Muslim extremists use a shitty Youtube video to stir up all this outrage when radio and television programs in their own country broadcast vile anti-semitic propaganda.<br /><br />@ Robert. I agree. And the extremists on both sides always empower one another. It wouldn't surprise me if some right wing nut cases vandalize mosques here in the United States as a form of payback.Tommykeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751182125861177379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35315805.post-48910114086305625262012-09-17T11:58:53.559-04:002012-09-17T11:58:53.559-04:00Billy Crystal was once asked if he had been the &q...Billy Crystal was once asked if he had been the "class clown" in school. <i>"No, I was the class Comedian"</i>, he replied. When asked what the difference was he explained: <i>"The class clown is the guy who runs naked across the school yard - The class comedian is the guy who talks him into it."</i><br /><br />Someone is the focal point, the instigator; these people don't just sit at home and independently go out and randomly turn into a mob - someone puts them up to it. The question is, who benefits?<br /><br />In the news people in China were rioting/protesting against Japanese businesses in China. The reason; a tiny disputed uninhabited island claimed by both countries.<br /><br />Now why would some everyday schmo in China give a shit about some issue that doesn't effect their everyday lives? It's in someone's interest to rile these people up, they are being manipulated. The question is by who and for what purpose? There is some hidden agenda being advanced here and I think most of these protesters are merely stooges.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35315805.post-3917808016164231302012-09-15T12:16:46.408-04:002012-09-15T12:16:46.408-04:00I don't think there is a "solution to all...I don't think there <i>is</i> a "solution to all of this", as such. Inter-group violence is a deep-rooted part of human nature (even chimpanzee groups fight murderous "wars" with each other), and religious fanaticism has always been a powerful intensifier of those urges. During the Dark Ages, when Westerners took religion seriously, Europe was constantly engulfed in hideous violence, from the witch-burnings to the Thirty Years War.<br /><br />We can't compromise the First Amendment, and trying to suppress blasphemy probably wouldn't do much good, anyway (Islamist fanatics will always find something to get outraged about). Western governments should make it clear that they don't endorse the film -- as they've been doing -- and accept that, as long as there are people who truly believe in Islam, a certain level of violence is unavoidable.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35315805.post-53386668543635733812012-09-15T02:25:05.077-04:002012-09-15T02:25:05.077-04:00Do you follow the news?
As a citizen of the U.S.,...Do you follow the news?<br /><br />As a citizen of the U.S., your chances of being blown up while in your home by a bomb launched by a Muslim in another country are effectively zip, zilch, zero, nada, none.<br /><br />If you were, at this time, a Muslim living in another country, your chances of being blown up while in your home by a bomb launched by an American are actually fairly high. Even if you're totally innocent, never took part in any sort of terrorist or subversive activity.<br /><br />I am amazed by the way most of my fellow Americans want to take these riots out of context, as though America wasn't already bombing half the Muslim world, propping up repressive dictatorships in half the rest, and saber-rattling at the remainder. It's bad enough that we are behaving outrageously; now people like you are amazed when there is outrage?<br /><br />Here's a fun question for you to research: if this incident were repeated in every Muslim-majority country around the world, would there be more dead ambassadors, or dead innocent victims of American drone bombings? Hint: it's the drone bombing victims one. Why are you upset only now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com