So banning YouTube and burning down buildings because some cartoon alludes to Mohammed being gay is not closed-minded?
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Sorry for that, that really wasn't what I was trying to say. I meant that the practice of the Muslim religion currently is similar to how Christians practiced/represented their religion in the past, more extremistic and less tolerant towards other ways of living. And yes, I do realize that extremists are a big minority.
What I said in the other thread is:
"You don't have to choose a side in elections hundreds of kilometres far away when all the candidates have the same agenda regarding your case". That's it.
It's so different from what I'm saying here. Simply, I say we can face such a stupid abusal of "what's so called frredom of speech" of the Danish government using so simple tools like boycotting the Danish products and closing the embassies.
Look. I'm not talking about a reaction by only one person. The whole idea of boycotting their products is somehow organized in many Islamic countries. The group boycotting can lead the affected companies to try to understand the reasons behind this and try to change something in their country. You may see this as a silly thing but we see it as the least thing we can do for our symbol.
"You don't have to choose a side in elections hundreds of kilometres far away when all the candidates have the same agenda regarding your case". That's it.
It's so different from what I'm saying here. Simply, I say we can face such a stupid abusal of "what's so called frredom of speech" of the Danish government using so simple tools like boycotting the Danish products and closing the embassies.
Look. I'm not talking about a reaction by only one person. The whole idea of boycotting their products is somehow organized in many Islamic countries. The group boycotting can lead the affected companies to try to understand the reasons behind this and try to change something in their country. You may see this as a silly thing but we see it as the least thing we can do for our symbol.
I'm sorry, but I just don't understand what you're trying to say here.
You are misreading this. Just in case it's not completely obvious, let me say it once and for all: Noone is criticizing the fact that Muslims are feeling hurt by the cartoons. ALL of the criticism goes to the fact of how exaggerated the response was. To use your favorite example again, if I insulted your mother and you went completely crazy and threatened to kill me, that means you may be clinically insane and you need to check yourself into a mental institution.
That's what the cartoons were. A test. A test to which we knew the outcome, just not the precise magnitude. A test the test-taker failed miserably.
Noone is saying we should constantly print pictures of Mohammed just because we're evil. We're saying that if some crazy nut with no respect for other people should decide to do that, it should be possible to do that without causing an uproar because we're all civilized people. That's what we're saying.
What's more, we NEED tests like these to tell us important things about our society. Just like we need Inter fans on this forum every once in a while to test if we can interact with people of a different opinion in a civilized way.
You are misreading this. Just in case it's not completely obvious, let me say it once and for all: Noone is criticizing the fact that Muslims are feeling hurt by the cartoons. ALL of the criticism goes to the fact of how exaggerated the response was. To use your favorite example again, if I insulted your mother and you went completely crazy and threatened to kill me, that means you may be clinically insane and you need to check yourself into a mental institution.
That's what the cartoons were. A test. A test to which we knew the outcome, just not the precise magnitude. A test the test-taker failed miserably.
Noone is saying we should constantly print pictures of Mohammed just because we're evil. We're saying that if some crazy nut with no respect for other people should decide to do that, it should be possible to do that without causing an uproar because we're all civilized people. That's what we're saying.
What's more, we NEED tests like these to tell us important things about our society. Just like we need Inter fans on this forum every once in a while to test if we can interact with people of a different opinion in a civilized way.
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