A Lesser Mortal: Rebirth

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February 06, 2006

exactly what does killing someone achieve?

my best friend was in denmark when this whole cartoon debate started, and i'd say ive known about it ever since. i never thought it was worth mentioning, or bringing to light, because everytime you highlight something negative, you are inviting more people too look at it, and you in fact become a tool for dissemination of filth. one example would be me stumbling across an israeli website called ***... i was stunned at the level of crap those guys had put up, against my prophet, my god, my religion... my beliefs. for a while, i tried to engage them in a decent discussion, giving them my point of view, trying to ignore their ignorance, listening to what they had to say; i tried to go beyond the surface to see where all that misinformation had come about from, to create such a strong bias against islam. of the 40 or so people engaged in that discussion, only 3-4 were decent enough to not abuse islam and all what was related to it. three days into the "dialogue" i gave up. i knew the odds were stacked against me, and my voice wasnt strong enough. that, and the fact that i dont have patience to deal with ignorance. i really dont. that said, these danish cartoons arent the first time ive come across blasphemy against my religion. how do i deal with it? do i burn danish embassies in my country? or do i go marching, holding placards and banners? here's my response. the so called "debate" has been going on for 6 months now. that's a bloody long time. seeing as how sensitive an issue religion can be, for most people. you are messing with their core beliefs, a part of them that works purely on emotion, NOT logic. for the last SIX months, muslims across europe have been asking for an apology, saying, it isnt funny to fuk with our religion. do what you damn well like with your mothers and daughters, put them up for sale on the internet, none of our business. it wasnt us muslims who said by the next decade, 80% of all kids born in the US will be "bastards". it was bill clinton. we just say we DONT allow people to mess with our values, because some of our laws go beyond what can be vetoed by the senate. for the last six months, the "moderate", "sensible" and "balanced" individuals who follow this one particular religion have been saying, "look, what you did has offended us, it isnt funny, and we would appreciate it if you accept the fact that you ARE trying to stir up trouble, which we DONT want to create, because we have better things to do". but no. the danish paper chose instead, to call for "solidarity amongst european press, in the name of freedom of speech". okay. have it your way. oh, and by-the-way... be careful what you wish for. sookhi lakri ko teeli dekhao gay, to aag to lagay gi.

1 Comments:

Blogger Monologist said...

see, I have issues with this entire issue on both sides.
a) it's just freaking cartoons... i never thought it would be such a big deal
b) those cartoons are very disrespectful, but that's the thing, this is exactly for the most part, what these people *actually* do think of islam. hence the front about freedom of speech
c) if the front of freedom of speech is true, then... saying you have the right to degrad another person's beliefs is a mockery of freedom fighters.
d) but it is there country, so they are voicing their opinions of how they "feel" or "think". FOr the most part, i dont think Denmark has alot of muslims in their population...so some feel as if muslims are intruding on their right and their country. "muslim world can't dictate the entire world"
e) reacting the way in which muslims are currently, is proving the cartoons are infact correct.
and then we go back to the infite loop.

2/09/2006 12:32:00 AM  

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