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TheKentuckian

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14. I agree. You are in a place that I can support or seem to be except I don't care about the pretext
Sat Sep 15, 2012, 11:49 AM
Sep 2012

aspect either because the pretext is not rational or reasonable. It just isn't an acceptable rationale for the behavior and I do not cotton to the concept that anyone's expression be held hostage to irrational reaction and I doubt the veracity of those who claim it is a reasonable exchange because the logic falls apart at the seams if the cause of offense changes. If the the demand became covered women, the "offended" would be told to locate a corner in the deepest level of hell and to sit and spin.

Nobody here would be telling MSNBC they better cover Maddow's face or they are providing the pretext for violent reaction even if there was a murderous riot every day and twice on Tuesdays, using such as the excuse for the rampages. No one has to be respectful of Mohammad any more than Rachel Maddow is expected to cover her face.

If expression creates a danger then our people must either leave those lands or accept the risk that they may be targets if their hosts are insulted. Leave the fuckers to their own devices and to themselves is all I know to suggest and if offense leads them to attack outside of their lands then the full power of our technological advantage should be unleashed upon those bad actors.

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