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Originally Posted by ChrisC
I don't really see this as a particularly Muslim thing....it's an intolerant bully thing. It's just that the global Muslim community is particularly good at it right now. But say something about Catholicism (for example) that Catholics don't like and then just watch the extremist response button get pushed and the alarm bells start ringing.
Religious extremist groups have been tempered in the Western world because we now live in fairly secular society (thank "god"  ). But give them a chance and they'd be responding in just the same way to perceived slights against their idols as the fanatics in the Middle East.
Really though, what we are seeing is clash over freedom of expression and those who would constrain such freedom because it threatens or undermines their "crutch". It's interesting to see what side various groups, governments and people take and which ones fold like a house of cards. |
Well obviously you have something against all religions. I am however, tryign to think of the last time Catholics in any part of thw world killing people because they were non-believers.. or because they were upset... In fact, the anti-religious are sounding alot less tolerant towards religion as the very religions are about them non-believing.
think about that.