Sympathy

The Blogosphere and the Muhammad Cartooons: Bloggers are discussing the widespread outrage in the Islamic world about cartoons that were recently republished in several European newspapers. The comics were originally published in the Jyllands-Posten, a Danish newspaper. There have been threats of violence against those publishing the cartoons and boycotts of Danish products by Muslims who consider the cartoons and production of images of the Prophet Mohammed to be blasphemous.

Duh! The cartoons aren't clever, and certainly not funny. What if "they" were making a mockery of YOUR religion?

If you attack someone's belief sysytem, attack their religion, make fun of their culture and traditions, what would you expect them to do? How would like them to react? They'll either get very very mad or YOU will have to squelch them down, same way the United States kept Native Americans in check and held Africans captive, regarding them as sub-human slaves. Don't get me wrong: I'm all for free speech and freedom of expression. I love honey but I don't go out of my to poke at a beehive when I see one. I think Michelle Malkin and others don't realize, don't understand how deeply these cartoons hurt Muslims and others who appreciate the religious values of Islam.

In case you still don't get it: it's about RESPECT.

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