But the point I was trying to make (or am trying to make) is that this situation is one that spiraled out of control.
The cartoonists had the absolute right to draw the cartoons. The newspapers had the absolute right to publish them. Hell, they had the right to be even more insulting than they supposedly are.
Muslims have the aboslute right to get angry. They have the absolute right to peacefully protest the cartoons. They have the absolute right to call for and engaging in boycotts as appropriate.
No one has the right to engage in violence, burn down embassies, or threaten to kill the cartoonists and employees at the newspapers. I'm not even the smallest bit sympathetic to these actions or people who are apologists for this.
What I do find offensive is the putting the peaceful protests (and there are) into the same category as the violent protests (of which there are a few). What I do find offensive is that people on both sides of the divide calling for cooler heads are getting drowned out by people who are using this as an excuse to fan a few flames and get people riled up.
Right now, I'm very cynical of news coverage on all angles of the issue becaue I think there is some very powerful interest in a few quarters to blow this situation up and make it worse.
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But the point I was trying to make (or am trying to make) is that this situation is one that spiraled out of control.
The cartoonists had the absolute right to draw the cartoons. The newspapers had the absolute right to publish them. Hell, they had the right to be even more insulting than they supposedly are.
Muslims have the aboslute right to get angry. They have the absolute right to peacefully protest the cartoons. They have the absolute right to call for and engaging in boycotts as appropriate.
No one has the right to engage in violence, burn down embassies, or threaten to kill the cartoonists and employees at the newspapers. I'm not even the smallest bit sympathetic to these actions or people who are apologists for this.
What I do find offensive is the putting the peaceful protests (and there are) into the same category as the violent protests (of which there are a few). What I do find offensive is that people on both sides of the divide calling for cooler heads are getting drowned out by people who are using this as an excuse to fan a few flames and get people riled up.
Right now, I'm very cynical of news coverage on all angles of the issue becaue I think there is some very powerful interest in a few quarters to blow this situation up and make it worse.