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26. I think they really don't understand that our laws don't provide for any kind of punishment...

Reply to caseymoz (Reply #23)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 09:15 AM

Sep 2012

...for the parties who produced the silly video.

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It isn't the movie. It's imperial power stripping the status of adulthood from people-- [View all] eridani Sep 2012 OP

No, Ma'am, It Is People Taking their Religious Beliefs Much Too Seriously The Magistrate Sep 2012 #1

It is, People taking violent action, Fundies are Demented orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #5

And why do you think that Shrubby had a 90% approval rating after 9/11? eridani Sep 2012 #51

Agreed. nt greytdemocrat Sep 2012 #12

said the representative of the occupying force HiPointDem Sep 2012 #48

Which part of Egypt, Libya, or Tunis are we occupying? nt NutmegYankee Sep 2012 #64

Tribal in-group loyalty gave rise to religion, not the other way around n/t eridani Sep 2012 #50

Shhh Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #57

Good Point, the straw more than the cause. orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #2

Nice defense attempt. Zax2me Sep 2012 #3

Your response reminds me of that quote often attributed to Stalin Scootaloo Sep 2012 #21

Well said malaise Sep 2012 #27

This is not the US's fault. Sorry, that won't fly. Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #4

Whoops a daisy ,We don't give Iran any reason to hate orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #10

Whoops a daisy, that's some lame blame shifting. Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #15

I don't live in Iran or the rest of the world I orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #16

This type of hatred toward the U.S. choie Sep 2012 #34

"If we don't look deeper nothing will change" the most cogent and sensitive statement I have 2on2u Sep 2012 #41

Thank you. Ship of Fools Sep 2012 #45

It's US foreign policy that caused this. Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #19

Ludicrous. A mob caused it. A mindless mob. Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #24

Oh yeah, we are just skipping around the world with a basket full of rainbows Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #35

Then why don't the protesters protest THAT? Are they unable to spell it? Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #38

Who says they aren't? Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #39

Ad hominum much? Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #42

Ooooooooooo Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #43

Are you fugging serious? n/t malaise Sep 2012 #28

I gues this wasn't our fault either, must have just had engine trouble. 2on2u Sep 2012 #29

This is about the riot, not some other topic. Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #31

Did I say anyone deserves a free pass? My point is that some of these people have had enough, this 2on2u Sep 2012 #33

Every picture tells a story, Thanks. orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #37

That's true. It's just one way of looking at it. Somebody could write a book on it. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #6

Hard as it is for some people to believe NoPasaran Sep 2012 #7

And as a free citizen that Pays for the USA orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #13

I'd take it back to the partitioning of the Ottoman empire after World War I slackmaster Sep 2012 #8

I concur for the most part. BlueMTexpat Sep 2012 #14

The idea of the "White Man's Burden" is alive and well. baldguy Sep 2012 #9

Hmm tama Sep 2012 #11

Yes--but it's not to the point where they are taking out people with drones within our borders eridani Sep 2012 #52

Not really tama Sep 2012 #53

Just heard someone MSNBC used as an expert say nc4bo Sep 2012 #17

Other experts say that's what their old dictators did. moondust Sep 2012 #25

The system's analogy that I'm working with is fire. HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #18

It's the right on both sides, coupled with us overthrowing the Democratically elected Dustlawyer Sep 2012 #20

You're right...it's appalling that most DU'ers aren't getting this...knr joeybee12 Sep 2012 #22

Except they would have killed any local caseymoz Sep 2012 #23

I think they really don't understand that our laws don't provide for any kind of punishment... slackmaster Sep 2012 #26

And you're right about that. caseymoz Sep 2012 #30

This has US Imperialism written all over it. BB1 Sep 2012 #32

Strange, you remember those examples caseymoz Sep 2012 #44

Is that you, Ward Churchill? Odin2005 Sep 2012 #36

It's got zero to do with Iran.. EX500rider Sep 2012 #40

The cultural and population center of the Arab world has no oil. cthulu2016 Sep 2012 #46

K&R. Pisses me off that people can't put themselves in other people's shoes & THINK how they'd HiPointDem Sep 2012 #47

I agree, HiPointDem... choie Sep 2012 #49

You what is disusting? SpartanDem Sep 2012 #59

you know what's worse? killing hundreds of thousands of people over power & control of resources. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #60

That would apply to all of humanity. NutmegYankee Sep 2012 #62

in the present day it applies mainly to the us. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #63

So what's the statute of limitations? NutmegYankee Sep 2012 #66

us today = biggest military spender, biggest arms dealer, biggest voice in regional military HiPointDem Sep 2012 #68

I don't recall any of that happening in Eqypt by us. NutmegYankee Sep 2012 #61

We did all that to Libya? 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #72

K & R for the title of this thread alone. The Midway Rebel Sep 2012 #54

No, it's the culture... MellowDem Sep 2012 #55

Explain Salman Rushdie and Theo Van Gogh? This just some blame America first BS SpartanDem Sep 2012 #56

1953? aquart Sep 2012 #58

So you don't believe the muslims Quantess Sep 2012 #65

Then why doesn't this happen everywhere else the US has been as oppressive, exploitative, murderous? riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #67

Google "Yanqui go home!" for starters. eridani Sep 2012 #69

Your OP's making the point that US imperialism has created the rage in the ME that fuels these riots riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #70

The rage in Latin America was every bit as intense in the 50s and 60s eridani Sep 2012 #71

But there wasn't any violent riots, storming of US embassies, terrorism aimed at military personnel riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #74

Of course there were violent riots eridani Sep 2012 #75

That's exactly right. People like to act like the movie exists in a vacuum and that the wiggs Sep 2012 #73