On 4 Feb 2006 20:32:50 -0800, "aem" > wrote:

>Dave Smith wrote:
>> .... and no one but a whacked Muslim would
>> even take offence.
>
>Muslims believe it is wrong (the equivalent of blasphemy for
>Christians) to produce and display images of Muhammed. These were not
>only images, they were insulting cartoons of the person they believe
>stands closest to their God. It is expected, normal behavior for
>Muslims to take offence.

No it isn't This is fundie started & fundie fueled. There is a long a
beautiful history of images in Islam. Ever seen any Persian
miniatures?
>
>Didn't the televangelists take offence at the (already cancelled) tv
>show that portrayed Jesus looking like a long-haired hippie?
>
>I think believers in all three of the monotheisms that came out of the
>desert are wrong, but it has been obvious for centuries that when you
>insult believers they get angry.

Then maybe all of them need to be smack on the bottom and set to bed
without dinner to teach them all a lesson.
>
> > We owe it to our Danish friends and to ourselves to run a
>> counter boycott.
>
>Oh nonsense. I don't owe the Danes shit. I might sympathize with the
>innocent getting caught up in generalized protest, but what else is
>new? I have more sympathy for the tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians
>that have been killed in the past few years.

I think it would be nice to stand up to religious bigotry. There are
any number of ways it can be done.
>
>> Maybe the Moslems will stop these silly
>> protests if they backfire on them.
>
>More nonsense. People who believe their religion is under attack are
>going to change their thinking because you buy more Havarti? What
>planet are you living on? -aem


These are insane fundies. Think of them as Pat Roberston on a prayer
rug.

Boron