I'm paraphrasing KPCC's Larry Mantle, as he discussed the worldwide violence in reaction to a stupid movie:
When you defend your religion with mass violence, you do more to denigrate your religion than the very thing that you found offensive.
« Nightmare in Two Parts | Main | Retail Junkies Won't be Stopped by Amazon's State Tax »
September 14, 2012
Comments
Verify your Comment
Previewing your Comment
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been posted. Post another comment
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
Recent Comments
- Angelo on As a Hobby Interest Grows, Practical Concerns Get Tossed Out the Window
- vimal oberoi on Does HD Radio Compromise Reception on AM Band on Non-HD Radios?
- Huesby on What Are We to Make of a Panasonic RF-2800 "Clone"?
- Nathalie on The Happiest and Most Miserable Countries in the World: Iceland and Moldova
- Angelo on As a Hobby Interest Grows, Practical Concerns Get Tossed Out the Window
- Calin on The Happiest and Most Miserable Countries in the World: Iceland and Moldova
- StarHalo on Getting a Lot of Horrible Reception on Powerhouse 640AM Radio
- Gary on Getting a Lot of Horrible Reception on Powerhouse 640AM Radio
- RobRich on Getting a Lot of Horrible Reception on Powerhouse 640AM Radio
- Michael Brent on As a Hobby Interest Grows, Practical Concerns Get Tossed Out the Window
Advertisements
Google Ads 1
Advertisements
Advertisements
Recent Posts
- Orphan Sale on CCrane Website Includes $99 CCRadio-SW
- As a Hobby Interest Grows, Practical Concerns Get Tossed Out the Window
- Amazon Price Break on the Sangean WFR-28 Internet Radio: $117
- The Advantage of an Automatic Watch Is Romantic or Intangible But Fails in the Practical Category
- Manly Watch Wish List: Citizen Eco-Drive AT0821-59A
- Reader Says There's Reason to Have Contempt for HD Radio
- Does HD Radio Compromise Reception on AM Band on Non-HD Radios?
- Getting a Lot of Horrible Reception on Powerhouse 640AM Radio
- Is This Radio Shack Clone of the GE SR Any Good?
- What Are We to Make of a Panasonic RF-2800 "Clone"?
May 2013
Pages
Companion Website: Breakthrough Writer
Categories
- 3,000 Calories a Day
- Autophilia
- Binary Studies
- Books
- Car Fury
- Career Advice
- Current Affairs
- Dear Friendly Fitness
- Dear Herculodge
- Dog Lovers of the World Unite
- Dog People
- eBay Matters
- Egomania
- Faustian Bargains
- Food and Drink
- Food Crusader Speaks
- Gasbags
- Good News, Bad News
- Hellacious Fallacies
- Hipster Makeover
- Ignoramus
- Logic Behind Contradictions
- Man Points Advice
- Man Who Loved Radios Too Much
- Manly Watches
- Music
- Needy People
- Neurotic Chronicles
- Parenting
- Personal Chronicles
- Philosophy
- Physical Fitness
- Quote of the Day
- Radio Lovers Can't Be Cured
- Rules for Marriage
- Saddest Man in the World
- Shopping
- Sound Systems
- Sports
- Television and Movies
- Those People
- Troglodyte Behavior Studies
- Urban Paranoia
- Vegetarian Meals
- Web/Tech
- Weblogs
- Wines
- Writing
Were These Protests Really About That Film?
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2012/09/were-the-protests-really-about-that-film.html
Also
Deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was an Al Qaeda operation was in revenge of the killing of Abu Yahya al-Libi by a U.S. drone in Pakistan
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2012/09/the-us-ambo-killing-in-benghazi.html
Posted by: Paul | September 14, 2012 at 11:48 AM
From everything I've read, the film was just a catalyst at the very most. Many factors conflated upon this film, which seems a proxy for deeper resentments.
Posted by: herculodge | September 14, 2012 at 12:28 PM
The demonstrations are indicators of a much deeper problem for the US. Are we any better?
Waging a One-Man War on American Muslims
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/17/us/on-religion-a-one-man-war-on-american-muslims.html
U.S. Military Taught Officers: Use ‘Hiroshima’ Tactics for ‘Total War’ on Islam
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/total-war-islam/
Anti-Islam teachings 'widespread' in US law enforcement, campaigners warn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/11/anti-islam-teachings-us-law-enforcement
NYPD: Spying on Muslims yielded no leads or cases
http://www.salon.com/2012/08/22/nypd_spying_on_muslims_yielded_no_leads_or_cases/
Islamophobia: Does America Have a Muslim Problem?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2011936,00.html
Posted by: Paul | September 14, 2012 at 02:45 PM
I concede we have a problem as those articles explain but the violence feeds the problem. Thus alas a vicious cycle has been set into motion. This won't go away.
Posted by: herculodge | September 14, 2012 at 03:36 PM