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Nevernose

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97. I'm sensitive, too, so please don't say anything else that will offend me

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 05:44 PM

Sep 2012

If you DO say something that offends me, under your logic, I would be justified in murdering a random stranger to show my displeasure. The rest is just run-of-the-mill conspiracy BS.

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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