Another thing they don't have: sense of humour

Go Fig wrote:

Agreed. But as we have seen with the cartoon... they don't care where
it takes place... some don't tolerate the freedoms we have and will
take violent action in response. Or as I have said in the past, they
don't want Brittany Spears to exist on this planet.

Quite seriously, if that is the way they feel, then we should be restricting their entry into
western democracies. We have constitutions that allow basic freedoms: freedom of the press,
freedom of speech, freedom of religion. They have to realize that even if they have been
mislead into thinking that their religion is perfect, it is still not exempt from our
personal rights to object or to simply disagree. They are not above reproach.

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:38:55 -0500, Dave Smith
wrote:

Go Fig wrote:

Agreed. But as we have seen with the cartoon... they don't care where
it takes place... some don't tolerate the freedoms we have and will
take violent action in response. Or as I have said in the past, they
don't want Brittany Spears to exist on this planet.

Quite seriously, if that is the way they feel, then we should be restricting their entry into
western democracies. We have constitutions that allow basic freedoms: freedom of the press,
freedom of speech, freedom of religion. They have to realize that even if they have been
mislead into thinking that their religion is perfect, it is still not exempt from our
personal rights to object or to simply disagree. They are not above reproach.

I think everyone's missed the point on this one.

It's not about the cartoons, it's about the general movement against
islam by western countries, and we are simply seeing a reaction to
that. The cartoon reaction was just the straw that broke the camel...
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DDT Filled Mormons wrote:
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:38:55 -0500, Dave Smith
wrote:

Go Fig wrote:

Agreed. But as we have seen with the cartoon... they don't care where
it takes place... some don't tolerate the freedoms we have and will
take violent action in response. Or as I have said in the past, they
don't want Brittany Spears to exist on this planet.

Quite seriously, if that is the way they feel, then we should be restricting their entry into
western democracies. We have constitutions that allow basic freedoms: freedom of the press,
freedom of speech, freedom of religion. They have to realize that even if they have been
mislead into thinking that their religion is perfect, it is still not exempt from our
personal rights to object or to simply disagree. They are not above reproach.

I think everyone's missed the point on this one.

It's not about the cartoons, it's about the general movement against
islam by western countries, and we are simply seeing a reaction to
that. The cartoon reaction was just the straw that broke the camel...
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DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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just in case you are wrong, or they've found another Camel
http://cartoonbox.slate.com/hottopic...cid=71&image=0