It isn't the movie. It's imperial power stripping the status of adulthood from people--

[caseymoz]

23. Except they would have killed any local

. . . making a movie like this, or even making a blasphemous statement against The Prophet. The only difference is the mob can't stone the whole US to death in one single action so it persists.

And it was an Egyptian Coptic Christian who was the driving force behind the film. For us, of course, it's a matter of free speech, which the mobs won't understand. No, you can't just murder somebody because he insulted your favorite historical figure.

Sorry, a few conflicts between the US and the Islamic nations have nothing to do with Imperialism, except for the fact that the world is now much smaller, and whatever is said over here is heard over there.

There no excuse for these mobs' behavior. They are simply going to have to get used to an age where someone can say anything they want over the Internet, and it's not the fault of the nation the person is in, and our government can't do anything about it. Ultimately, The Prophet is simply going to have to fend for himself in a public forum without fanatical goons who need to think their murderous impulses are divinely inspired.

Either the Prophet and God are going to have to do something to squelch free speech directly, or these mobs are going to have to get used to being angry all the time. They're going to get exhausted. Rage is not a good state to be in to carry on the necessary things for living, like farming, like trade (the movie 28 Days Later made that point), or even pious worship.

Oh, by the way, you made the very argument Romney accused Obama of making, and it would have been shameful to make it. This time, US imperialism has nothing to do with it. This is a major cultural clash. Addressing US imperialism here will do nothing to help the problem.