Prophet Mohammed cartoons furore

[ledhed]

What the ---- did the jews have to do with the cartoons ?

 

[Touring Mars]

The point is that certain Islamist regimes/newspapers/media outlets have no qualms whatsoever in publishing anti-semitic images (which you can easily find on the web - I will not post the images or links on GTP for obvious reasons), but these same Islamists are torching Danish embassies because someone had the audacity to depict Islam in a mocking light. At the very least it is hypocritical... the fact that so many Islamic people have been offended by the cartoons is not surprising, since they were, in fairness, pretty ill-advised - but the reaction has been totally disproportionate, given the alacrity with which the same people will happily and openly mock other faiths themselves.

The Qu'ran says: "You who believe, do not let one (set of) people make fun of another set; Do not defame one another; Do not speak ill of one another" (49:11-12)....

 

[Lee]

Muslims have also boycotted Danish goods such as Lurpak butter

Their crazy, just craazy!!!

I'd like to thank Islam for my latest avatar...

That rules 👍

Well I think this matter shows how far people will go for their beliefs. Just a shame they don't recognise that they can only go so far before a backlash from the Danish comes along.

 

[Flerbizky]

The point is that certain Islamist regimes/newspapers/media outlets have no qualms whatsoever in publishing anti-semitic images (which you can easily find on the web - I will not post the images or links on GTP for obvious reasons), but these same Islamists are torching Danish embassies because someone had the audacity to depict Islam in a mocking light. At the very least it is hypocritical... the fact that so many Islamic people have been offended by the cartoons is not surprising, since they were, in fairness, pretty ill-advised - but the reaction has been totally disproportionate, given the alacrity with which the same people will happily and openly mock other faiths themselves.

The Qu'ran says: "You who believe, do not let one (set of) people make fun of another set; Do not defame one another; Do not speak ill of one another" (49:11-12)....

It's also very easy for them to target something as insignificant as Denmark. We're all the way up here, we hardly have an army, have no nukes and they don't have much need for Carlsberg and Bacon..

So an interesting scenario would be - Imagine a lot of random newspapers in the western world, all over, starting to print their own mocking (which I don't find them btw.) cartoons picturing Muhammed.. Then what ?... Would we see syria torching the UK embassy ?.. The US embassy ?.. Cutting all business agreements - not being able to sell their oil etc. etc. etc.

Someone continue the story quick - What would happen ?...

 

[Touring Mars]

It has happened, papers in France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Germany have published them - and some images of these papers were shown by the BBC - huh, and I thought they were meant to be a non-prophet organisation...

 

[Lee]

and I thought they were meant to be a non-prophet organisation...

Uh oh..

So could that just be why the protesters were holding up signs about the BBC?

 

[Flerbizky]

It has happened, papers in France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Germany have published them - and some images of these papers were shown by the BBC - huh, and I thought they were meant to be a non-prophet organisation...

Har Har Har Har... Nice spotted

 

[Zrow]

huh, and I thought they were meant to be a non-prophet organisation...

Boooooo! 👎

 

[F1GTR]

That's great TM .

 

[TVRKing]

huh, and I thought they were meant to be a non-prophet organisation...

Oh dear.

 

[Kylehnat]

Would we see syria torching the UK embassy ?.. The US embassy ?.. Cutting all business agreements - not being able to sell their oil etc. etc. etc.

Many of our embassies throughout the world HAVE been attacked at some point. The fact that we have the most powerful military in the world doesn't deter them.

Protests erupted in the Middle East after Friday prayers. "We will not accept less than severing the heads of those responsible," one preacher told worshippers at the al-Omari Mosque in the Gaza Strip.

This is just insanity. Peaceful religion my ass.

 

[ledhed]

I figured out why they are all so cranky and pissed all the time . Its the sand...it gets in every crack and crevice and mix that with the lack of water shake well and you get people prone to explode .

 

[Danoff]

The real violence began only after a group of Danish Muslim leaders, or imams, went to the Middle East and exaggerated the situation, "trying to ignite public opinion against Denmark, did all these tragic events start to unfold," he said.

"I think it is a tragedy," he said. "And I do think these cartoons are not worth a single human life."

I think this guy is out of his mind. These cartoons are a symbol of free speech in the world - and that has always been and always will be worth fighting for.

 

[Fonce Diablo]

I figured out why they are all so cranky and pissed all the time . Its the sand...it gets in every crack and crevice and mix that with the lack of water shake well and you get people prone to explode .

...hoo buddy. I don't even know where to start with this one.

The largest Muslim country on earth? Indonesia.

Which is a chain of tropical jungle islands.

 

[ceiling_fan]

It was only a matter of time...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/prophet_...O7rBBus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

Unfortunately, I can't check if this is a repost right now.

 

[Kylehnat]

I just saw that, too. You have GOT to be ****ing kidding me.

 

[Zardoz]

I just saw that, too. You have GOT to be ****ing kidding me.

I'm amazed it took this long for it to happen. These people are not known for being analytical, rational, critical thinkers, you know, especially when it comes to us crusading American imperialists.

 

[Kylehnat]

It must be our fault for pioneering that whole "free-speech" thing. However, they should then thank us for the right to bear arms

 

[Fonce Diablo]

I guess I'd better go get my platemail and wooden shield with the big red cross on it. *sigh*

If Islam wants the world to accept it, they'd better tell these dopes to cease and desist. It's not doing much for their image.

 

[K_Speed]

Its not the religion that is so brutal, its the people.

Christianity is just as bad or good, whatever u wanna call, as the islam.

Ever been to a persian restaurant or turkish or whatever, these are the nicest people on earth. They respect you so much for visiting their house, they really thank you.

These other "brutal" muslims are not "brutal" because of the religion but because of the way they grew up. Look at the kids now wathcing CHILDREN CARTOONS where JEWS ARE PIGS AND MONKEYS. This gets stuck in their mind forever. The same way hitler flushed all german minds back then. Theyll stick to it till they lose.

Those religious extremists in america, those mothers who dont want their children to see what people look like underneath their clothes, how god acutally created them. That is bad. And thats just one damn example.

You all know why this situation is so bad at the moment.


Every action a reaction. This wont stop.

Islam, christianity, buddhism, etc. its all different but still the same.

 

[Touring Mars]

In a recent documentary written by Richard Dawkins called 'The Root Of All Evil' in which Dawkins examined the case against religion (or more specifically, religious fundamentalism and indoctrination of religious belief in children), he quoted Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg who said, " with or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion."

 

[Danoff]

I especially liked this part of that article.

Afghans who rioted Wednesday said they heard about the cartoons on the radio but none questioned had seen printed versions

They don't even know what they're attacking a US military base for.

(not that the US had anything to do with this)

 

[Duke]

I'm rapidly approaching the "shut up or I'll give you something to cry about" stage.

 

[Famine]

That's the thing about the London protests...

The UK media is too "PC" and too scared to reprint the images so that the 60,000,000 of us can see what the fuss is about. So the protestors in London have either not seen the cartoons themselves, or have gone out of their way to buy French/German/Danish papers in order to see what it is they need to be angry about. But then they protest against UK media who haven't actually shown the images in any way!

 

[Carl.]

But It's ok for Egypt?

 

[Fonce Diablo]

Of course it's alright for Egypt.

You, sir, obviously did not recieve the memo.

*coughs* hypocriticalsonsof...

 

[ledhed]

An evil cartoon ....I must go out and burn something and riot and pillage....the world has truly gone mad .

 

[Danoff]

Did muslims plant the cartoons? Check this out:

http://volokh.com/posts/1139559700.shtml

 

[niky]

But It's ok for Egypt?

Dear God... that's just too crazy to be true!!!!

And the fake cartoons... someone hang the Danish cleric messengers, please. Seeing the reactions of a lot of non-Muslims... I can say that they've just made the rest of humanity (Muslim or not) look bad.

 

[Slicks]

I've got a dumb question... Does anyone actually have a link to the cartoon itself? I've searched around and can't find it.