Posted: Oct 12, 2008, 12:52 PM CST
Is there is anything more disappointing in life than those who can not handle free speech(and the responsibilities it carries)? Where is the charm to giving radical religious persons a sense of organization(not to mention big weapons) & a target to vent their repressed angers upon?
No radical Muslim has to read this writing, yet some choose to find the time to focus their energy on attacking the source instead of understanding & advising her. With respect to her attempts to write a piece of work that would aid others in understanding cultural differences, efforts could have been made to heal the already inflamed social political sores. Instead, acts of aggression... aka, schoolyard bullying... were used to force one belief upon the other. I mean, hey... all the cool kids are doing it, right? Ironically, an aspect of the very behavior that is being fought against. 'Capitalism is evil because of it's huge grip on the world, it's forceful influence'... they would say & in the next breath, a scream to come to arms & force the opposing view out of sight.
Really, does that sound any different?... because it sounds like the same crap in a different language to me.
Whatever keeps your people together, right?
*harummph...
For once, it would be nice to see different leaders of different beliefs acting more as responsible adults ...
and less like pissed off school kids. Some grow up, others just become bigger children.
This whole thing is embarrassing to me as a human and to my Muslim friends.
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