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fasttense

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17. It's a sign of a desperate population doing desperate things in the face of hopelessness

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Thu Sep 13, 2012, 07:16 AM

Sep 2012

Do you really think people would be rioting (no matter who orchestrates it) if they felt their economic future was bright? Do you see the rich and middle class rioting in these Muslim countries? Were suicide attacks as common before the bushes made war on Iran.

Do you think if wealth and prosperity were available to all people, they would be rioting in the streets over a film????

This has nothing to do with freedom of speech or who has the better God. And has everything to do with an impoverished, hopeless population pushed into desperate acts.

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Movie that set off violence in Middle East produced by Southern California nonprofit [View all] trailmonkee Sep 2012 OP

The film spurred protests, not the violence Scootaloo Sep 2012 #1

Also, the media isn't going to mention the ones who carried out the attack,... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #11

Or you're just buying into our government's attempt to spin this to save face. harmonicon Sep 2012 #13

If we are attempting causal analysis Generic Other Sep 2012 #22

but of course that's more conjecture... harmonicon Sep 2012 #24

I also believe Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. n/t Scootaloo Sep 2012 #26

So do I!! harmonicon Sep 2012 #27

Agent for Service of Process, etc. per California Sec. of State's website JDPriestly Sep 2012 #2

not I... trailmonkee Sep 2012 #3

If the filmmakers turn out to be anti-Israel and Romney is supporting them, what will it mean? Democat Sep 2012 #9

Who are their donors? aquart Sep 2012 #10

See if their IRS Form 990 is in a public database such as ProgressiveEconomist Sep 2012 #16

ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBERS, EIN, and IRS Form 990 links ProgressiveEconomist Sep 2012 #31

I don't know. If they are a registered non-profit, but not a religion, JDPriestly Sep 2012 #30

And the plot thickens... SoapBox Sep 2012 #4

Hi, the 'source' of the article/link is not the AP. Tx4obama Sep 2012 #5

We need a better source. willitsnews? SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2012 #6

Willits News is a paper in Mendocino County, a county in CA. Bluenorthwest Sep 2012 #21

okay kids. let's get to the root of this. grasswire Sep 2012 #7

It's in the LA Times: jsr Sep 2012 #8

Two words: Al Queda Astazia Sep 2012 #12

please elucidate on your research. Tunkamerica Sep 2012 #14

agree dhol82 Sep 2012 #15

Looks like an Egyptian Christian Sect - Coptic Christian SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2012 #28

Was going to state how I arrived at my views; Tonight, Rachel went point by point... Astazia Sep 2012 #29

It's a sign of a desperate population doing desperate things in the face of hopelessness fasttense Sep 2012 #17

Scientists predict a round of rioting is likely caraher Sep 2012 #18

I don't understand why they giva a crap about what a right wing evangelical group says about anythin judesedit Sep 2012 #19

Any government funding this unholy group is getting should be cut off immediately. judesedit Sep 2012 #20

I'm betting that "office" is empty save for one desk and phone... Blue_Tires Sep 2012 #23

Imagine if all Christian charities spent millions for good Sunlei Sep 2012 #25