alsandor wrote:

> > > How do you know they were Muslims? Bet you couldn't tell the
> > > difference between an Arab Muslim and a Chaldean Christian.
> >
> > I probably wouldn't. I guess the ball is in his court to let us know he is on our
> > side.
>
> Why are you boycotting a business in North America for what is going on
> halfway around the world? Do you think he can have any effect on that
> or that punishing him will make the booboo go away? And which sides
> are there, anyway? Seems to me you want him to side with the knee-jerk
> reactionary camp and why should he be forced to take sides? He's a
> businessman. Taking sides is not good for business.

I would suggest that they are the ones who made it look like there were sides. It was
originally directed at Denmark, not at the newspaper who ran the cartoons, but the
whole country. The protest spread from Denmark across Europe, Asia and Africa. There
have been peaceful demonstrations in North America. While it was primarily against
Denmark, the attacks broadened to other western countries.


> And why, in the final analysis, should he have to do anything simply
> because you have your underwear in a bunch?

Because he should be able to get back to his people and let them know that when they
do things like that it affects him.