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Originally Posted by Table 5
When you go out of your way to mock a religion, you should be expected to face the music and be there to back up your cause in public. He has every right to express his opinion, but opinions have consequences. He had to have known this is the type of reaction that was going to happen, and that innocent people will mostly likely get hurt. How is it fair that gets to mock people, incite violence, but then other's (ie, the US) have to deal with his actions.
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I agree that he should be backing himself up publically, although if his movie properly expresses his views, then he kind of already has. There are documentaries made all the time about various religions with varying views and biases. I think it's a little out of line to expect the film maker to think his movie may cause a violent reaction. Did the maker of Zeitgeist expect violent backlash from Christian communities? Are Mormans killing Atheists because Bill Maher bashed them in Religulous? I'm not blaming Islam or saying the film maker's views are in any way correct, but to say he should have expected violent backlash AND to blame it on him misses the mark IMO.
A few extremists decided to use a film as a reason to kill some people. This is solely on those individuals who chose to inact violence on others.