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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Yup, I agree with you.
The deference comes when you apologize for a cartoon drawing.
Free speach, property laws and laws governing personal safety should not (but are) be malleable to the whim of a small segment of the populations religious fervour.
This is an example, truly, of 'The Terrorists have Won.'
We can't commit a thought crime for fear of terrorist retribution. Seemingly, most people are comfortable with this. I, however, have this reaction
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I agree with you that going apeshat over a cartoon can't ever be justified, and we shouldn't appease extremists. But knowing what the world is like, we also shouldn't be surprised at retaliation....justified or not. You can't reason with crazy.
It is clear though that this producer took a whole other step into hate speech. There wasn't malicious intent with the cartoons as far as I can remember (but I may be wrong, memories are fuzzy). This movie clearly was meant to inflame. What bothers me most is that innocent people are paying the price.