What the 'film' issue wa really about

[Puddleglum]

Somethings are starting to make sense.

Firstly some months ago someone releases a poor quality film about Muhammad and no one notices

Then as the anniversary of 9/11 comes up Salafist preachers, simultaneously across Libya, Egypt and other places in the Muslim world , start ranting about this hitherto unknown film and tell their flocks that 'American State TV' has broadcast this. Murder and violence ensues.

This is highly reminiscent of the Jyllands Posten cartoon issue. A newspaper prints cartoons about Muhammad. Then a Danish resident Muslim preacher takes those cartoons and inserts two more offensive ones and tours the middle east whipping up fury and murder follows soon afterwards.

There is clear evidence that Salafist Muslims are entirely responsible in each case.

Whether this is in connivance with the more moderate (not not moderate but more moderate) Muslim Brotherhood I have no idea, indeed it may be to undermine them.

[cratehorus]

what?

[Forsaken]

What the 'film' issue was really about?
An opportunity for some backward, uncivilized desert dwellers to make some noise.

[CapnAwesome]

What I can't really stand about the whole issue is how anybody can place even an iota of blame on the people who made the film. That the president of the US asked google to censor the film should embarrass everyone in this country. A movie is NEVER a reason to kill anyone, and 100% of the blame for the actions of the barbaric pigs who are killing people belongs to them. 0% belongs to whoever made the movie. That's right, 0% because anybody is free to make a movie about anything they fucking want to. Watching this movie did absolutely no harm to any Muslim. Did their heads explode from watching it? Were their beards lit on fire from viewing it? There is no reason for Muslims to even be offended, because they can simply choose to ignore it, like any reasonable adult would do.

It's like dealing with children who don't understand that not everybody in the world thinks like they do. Except these children have guns.

[Minimalist]

like any reasonable adult would do.

Where did you get the idea that these medieval fuckheads were "reasonable?"

[genkaus]

Did their heads explode from watching it? Were their beards lit on fire from viewing it?

Metaphorically speaking, yes.

[KichigaiNeko]

Suffice to say that it ALL seems rather contrived to coincide with 9/11

But then all of religion is...isn't it??

[CapnAwesome]

like any reasonable adult would do.

Where did you get the idea that these medieval fuckheads were "reasonable?"

It should come as no surprise that people who believe unreasonable things act unreasonably. Islam in particular seems to have a childish nature, I think largely reflecting the nature of their founder.

[Cyberman]

Surprised no-one's posted this yet:

[Mystic]

^I disagree. Nationalism, propaganda, culture etc, can all make "good" people do "bad" things.