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4th law of robotics

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62. Isn't his comment basically the premise of this OP

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 10:59 AM

Sep 2012

and a great many others?

"Muslims are different. They are not like you and I. They can't be held to our standards. So we real people have a responsibility not to show them things that might get their tiny and irrational minds all aflutter."

They don't come out and say it. But pretty much that is the mentality you must have to blame a westerner for causing this violence. You have to A) assume we know better and are superior and B) they are inferior and do not know better and must be watched after by us westerners.

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We simply cannot dictate how other people should feel about their religion jus because [View all] nanabugg Sep 2012 OP

I hold both in contempt. boston bean Sep 2012 #1

+ a brazillion. hifiguy Sep 2012 #71

bingo. barbtries Sep 2012 #94

Very much agreed bhikkhu Sep 2012 #108

+1 mike_c Sep 2012 #80

BS disidoro01 Sep 2012 #2

Ok so tell me how I feel. nt nanabugg Sep 2012 #3

I am disidoro01 Sep 2012 #7

I've yet to hear mention of jail time by anyone here lame54 Sep 2012 #8

Low poster disidoro01 Sep 2012 #12

Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #25

Thank you disidoro01 Sep 2012 #26

as long as we understand each other lame54 Sep 2012 #31

Thank you. Biafran Sep 2012 #14

How is the violent reaction ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #83

Ummm, the difference is that there is no violent reaction from Americans? Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #104

But ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #109

Christians have proven they generally can deal with the fact there are abortions treestar Sep 2012 #35

WW1 started with an event like this graham4anything Sep 2012 #4

Can people hate the action of what some did in the name of a religion boston bean Sep 2012 #5

Murdering an ambassador over a stupid MOVIE has no justification. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #6

Hear, hear! smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #103

I can most assuredly view as a savage anyone who would kill and riot over a film. nt Codeine Sep 2012 #9

There is a baseline of human behavior we should never abandon. randome Sep 2012 #10

Thank you get the red out Sep 2012 #52

People can feel however they want. It's their actions I find stupid and contemptible. Brickbat Sep 2012 #11

So it's a filmmaker's fault that they started killing. Gotcha. Zalatix Sep 2012 #13

Oh, sure, that film maker had no agenda and is a pure as the driven snow. Skidmore Sep 2012 #17

It doesn't matter what his agenda was. boston bean Sep 2012 #19

That is an astounding set of sentences. Skidmore Sep 2012 #20

You can consider it astounding. boston bean Sep 2012 #23

Puppeteers tama Sep 2012 #27

That is pretty insulting to the believers in islam, don't you think? boston bean Sep 2012 #28

If it was an insult tama Sep 2012 #32

The puppets referred to are usually a gov't entity. boston bean Sep 2012 #33

Nah tama Sep 2012 #39

we have a basic disagreement boston bean Sep 2012 #41

I'm not interested in silly disagreements tama Sep 2012 #46

So what kind of video could you watch that would send you out looting and killing? Zalatix Sep 2012 #57

The broadcast of the Rodney King beating trial and the police being found not guilty. Kablooie Sep 2012 #82

So we blame the people who broadcast the Rodney King trial? Zalatix Sep 2012 #96

No, we blame the jury who didn't bring justice to the situation. Kablooie Sep 2012 #99

So we put the jury to a kangaroo court in South Central? Exactly what country did I wake up in? Zalatix Sep 2012 #100

Nope, but putting it in a community of retired cops wasn't smart in a justice kind of way. Kablooie Sep 2012 #101

The religious zealotry of Muslims was flamed by the equally contemptible zealotry Skidmore Sep 2012 #15

The filmmaker is an asshole leftynyc Sep 2012 #18

Bullshit leftynyc Sep 2012 #16

Indeed tama Sep 2012 #29

Moronic comparison leftynyc Sep 2012 #37

I'm not tama Sep 2012 #40

I consider most murderers - rapists also leftynyc Sep 2012 #43

Well tama Sep 2012 #45

There's a difference FightForMichigan Sep 2012 #21

And guns don't kill tama Sep 2012 #36

? FightForMichigan Sep 2012 #48

Not sure either tama Sep 2012 #54

Nice apologizing FightForMichigan Sep 2012 #58

Religious insanity is a waste of humanity. we can do it Sep 2012 #22

I would never expect to dictate how anyone feels about anything Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #24

Exactly. FightForMichigan Sep 2012 #49

No--they were lied to about what this movie was. tjdee Sep 2012 #30

True. We all know how Muslims can be about such things treestar Sep 2012 #34

wow... boston bean Sep 2012 #42

Well that was helpful treestar Sep 2012 #44

the word wow is intimidating? I was referring to this statement that you made... boston bean Sep 2012 #47

You didn't know? tama Sep 2012 #51

No, I didn't realize the muslims were prone to murder people over things such as boston bean Sep 2012 #53

Well, now you know. tama Sep 2012 #55

Wow! Again!!! boston bean Sep 2012 #61

Get a grip man tama Sep 2012 #66

I have a firm grip. Thank you! boston bean Sep 2012 #68

You are welcome. :) tama Sep 2012 #72

The Islamic fundies are very much predisposed to murder anyone hifiguy Sep 2012 #77

Yes you are using that to pretend I am behind the pale treestar Sep 2012 #89

No. Emphatic NO! boston bean Sep 2012 #91

So you're a non-bigot... Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #105

Isn't his comment basically the premise of this OP 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #62

You're right. boston bean Sep 2012 #65

I find it humorous how often the far right and the far left overlap 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #70

Fundamentalist religion promotes a particular kind of insanity. hifiguy Sep 2012 #78

Symbolic differences tama Sep 2012 #69

What kind of video would elicit this response here? 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #73

9/11 nt tama Sep 2012 #74

The movie about it or the event? 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #79

Are you now saying that Moslems ARE different tama Sep 2012 #81

Not at all 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #84

I'm not into condemning anyone tama Sep 2012 #85

You don't condemn people who murder innocents over a movie? 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #87

It gets tricky tama Sep 2012 #88

There is no excuse to run around rioting and murdering people gollygee Sep 2012 #38

Aisha deaniac21 Sep 2012 #64

when religion stops holding me in contempt, I will stop holding religion in contempt. hobbit709 Sep 2012 #50

Nope, a film, any film, is not an excuse to kill people MadHound Sep 2012 #56

They can *feel* however they damn well please 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #59

Blame the victims all the way, all the time, right on down the line. slackmaster Sep 2012 #60

They can "feel" whatever they want. They went far beyond "feeling". NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #63

People can feel however they want. That doesn't give them a right to do whatever they want. JVS Sep 2012 #67

How they feel and how they act upon those feelings are distinct matters though. Lizzie Poppet Sep 2012 #75

So if the Pope announced that from now on, he will issue a fatwa against anyone Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #76

*crickets* LAGC Sep 2012 #86

because a group of radical islamic fundamentalists who will kill people for it. boston bean Sep 2012 #93

To be fair, it's a difficult question to answer. Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #107

Being willing to murder because someone ELSE insulted your prophet is inexcusable MNBrewer Sep 2012 #90

You make a point most of us overlooked. randome Sep 2012 #92

So if a Republican... FreeJoe Sep 2012 #95

I'm sensitive, too, so please don't say anything else that will offend me Nevernose Sep 2012 #97

What a crock of .... NutmegYankee Sep 2012 #98

Bullshit. Adults are responsible for their own actions. Period. tritsofme Sep 2012 #102

nope...this is similar to saying...knowing how horny men are, I hold the woman... yawnmaster Sep 2012 #106