Writers Slam Islamic "Totalitariansm"

Funny that they didn't mention the self labeled christians that infest north american airwaves. This type of corporate media publicised crap makes me queasy. Is this another Rodney King nightmare where we true witness white folks claim that he was resisting arrest by trying to stop the truncheon blows with his arms. Blame the victim, accuse the victim of something, lump them altogether and claim there is no difference. Offer bigotry and bias as evidence and a kangaroo court for a fair trial venue. Spew logical fallacies about the victims until the only conclusion us unreasonable people can draw are the ones that the media represents as our opinions.

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"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
(Albert Einstein)

it IS funny. Ironically, they say that wars are fought by words but neglect the provocation that the cartoon was mean to do, and the background behind this issue.

Not to say that there aren't bad people in the middle east - bad people are everywhere.. but their view is way too skewed, and if to them free speech means insulting anyone and effectively turning your brain and manners off to zero, then they are as fundamentalist and thick-headed as anyone they criticize.

People should try to promote the ability to see complexity and nuances in this society more. The hardest is probably for one to not be apathetic, paralyzed by all the shitty things they see, and let all the loud people take over. (because then there will be MORE loud people - they will panic because they think the "apathetic" are so because they're brainless.)

I forgot to say "good post" Ed. Good comments Ouhite.

When the cartoons first came out I thought that it was a strange thing to allow. Then the embedded mobs of supposed muslims with placards guaranteeing a one way ticket to Guantanamo appeared and I was sure something was wrong. Something was missing, the ball was hiked but the quarterback was not on the field. Nothing happens in a dictatorship that is not meant to happen. Then the bush league tries to sell the US ports to Dubai which makes them look like what they really are, a bunch of psychopathic pathetic sockcuckers. So what was supposed to happen that did not happen?

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"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
(Albert Einstein)

Y'know -- I think the best response to both sides of what's happened over this was given a thousand years ago by the individual at the centre of the controversy, Muhammad, who said this:

"More harm is done by fools through foolishness than is done by evildoers through wickedness."

When I first heard about it and told a friend, she asked me why it took so long for muslims to react... which was a good point, and it does seem unusual, since it took 3 months..<br />
So, as far as the type of stuff that is mostly hidden from the public goes, there was an article on this site regarding the cartoon debate that really opened up my eyes:<br />
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Denmark and Jyllands-Posten: The background to a provocation<br />
<a href="http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php?story=20060210083643584">http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php?story=20060210083643584</a><br />
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After I read about it I wanted to do some research to see how accurate the stuff in this article is - I think there may be some that I wont find, at least on the internet - but it was more so I wanted to see if any inaccuracies that may show the article writer to be ill-intentioned or biased, etc. I haven't gotten the time to do it (I did some which proved some of the facts there, but didn't finish), but it remains an interesting aspect of the situation to think about.

I have blogged on this so called Anti-Islamist Manifesto and the fact that it did not have Tariq Ali as a signator. Ali is an outspoken critique of Islam and Capitalism so his not signing it is interesting. Read my comments here.<a href="http://plawiuk.blogspot.com/2006/03/anti-islamism-manifesto.html">http://plawiuk.blogspot.com/2006/03/anti-islamism-manifesto.html</a>