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I really don't like respecting their culture. They are just wrong about some shit. Like thinking they should go kill people over movies.
They really should have the right to do that over there. And I think they're shitheads for not giving their people that right.
That probably makes me a southern bigot, but whatever.
The person who made it is a coward who has only done interviews under a fake name too. He hid his identity but is perfectly willing to let other people die for his political statement.
So basically, he's trolling.
It's really not about respecting their culture. The extremist culture is terrible, but all these movies do is give the extremists more to work with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
It's self-defeating in the end, although it is useful for bigots like Terry Jones who just want to show that Muslims are all subhuman.
Nah, he has an actual agenda - and there are stakes higher than just hurt feelings.
From CNN. "A central tenet of Islam is that the Prophet Mohammed was a man, not God, and that portraying him threatens to lead to worshiping a human instead of Allah."
Bullshit. Those motherfuckers praise/worship Mohammed (see Sharia Law) just as much as Allah. They just don't like someone else making fun of them/calling them out on it. It's not exact, but it's kind of like how black people use the N word around each other but when a white guy says it, the gloves are off.
So Allah spoke through Mohammed to create examples for people to follow, just as God supposedly did with Jesus. Whatever. Even the Bible says thou shalt not have any other God beside me, yet people worship Jesus as the lord and savior. My, the similarities...
I'm not even talking about Muslims. I don't have a problem with the religion.
I think specific countries and specific groups of people in those countries are full of shit and I hate that people assume a person is intolerant of a world religion by calling them on their shit.
Sharia Law is just a legal system. It has nothing to do with worshipping Muhammed. Jews and Christians both have developed legal systems based on their religion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Type Ryan
I think the idea is "reverence"Quote:
Originally Posted by Type Ryan
Catholics don't worship Mary, and Muslims don't worship Mohammed. Protestants and people with a Protestant background have trouble with this, but they don't worship those guys. They revere them.
I don't know man, to me there doesn't seem to be much of a difference between the reverence and worship of Mohammed. The only difference I see is that Arab muslims don't like pictures of their prohpet and get all butthurt and murderous when there are, even though other Muslim parts of the world have depictions of Mohammed and don't act as fanatical when depictions are released.
The Arab world is a young, relatively poor, oppressed, male dominated world. Take all that into account and add that their main source of knowledge is the Quran and you've got a recipe for disaster.