(February 18, 2015 at 10:51 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote:(February 18, 2015 at 10:25 am)robvalue Wrote: Just out of interest, if I went up to a "moderate" Muslim in a civilized country, and waved about the pictures of Mohammed I'd drawn, what do you think the reaction would be? Obviously I would never be such a dick as to do this, but I wonder what level of offense, or action, it would provoke? Would it be laughed off? I don't have enough experience with Muslims to have any idea.
I've worked and currently work with many Muslims. I've never seen one "laugh off" anything related to their religion. I've never personally tested their reaction to blatant disrespect of their religion, but it seems they are completely un-movable when it comes to their customs and beliefs. I'm talking - people who won't speak to, or even acknowledge a european woman at work (in Europe, nonetheless), because she has uncovered head and is therefore - a whore.
And any discussion about religious matters with most of them is completely counter-productive. They get angry even when Christians call Jesus "son of God" in their presence. Which is kind of funny, but still pretty terrifying. In fact - isn't that the reason Asia Bibi is about to be killed in Pakistan?
Doesn't sound like a moderate to me...
