Police: Shooting at Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas

[JTScribe]

Um....CRUSADES (if you want to keep believing the whole moral equivalency thing, you may not want to do any research about the Crusades).

Dude, that was like 2 years ago.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Um....CRUSADES (if you want to keep believing the whole moral equivalency thing, you may not want to do any research about the Crusades).

Yeah, them Crusades are sure fresh in my memory, lemme tell ya, gosh darned xtians always out warring on the unwashed heathen just because they won't follow the savior.

As a "nothing" I'd sure rather hang around with the guys for whom that sort of thing violates doctrine for the faithful rather than the ones for whom that is doctrine.

 

[T.Lex]

an issue is the silence of the 99.9999%

we have no shortage of people jumping on the event organizers. Where are the 99.9999% saying not to shoot people?

We're all too busy explaining that the sky is blue and grass is green.

I mean, the silent majority is called that because... they are silent. I haven't heard a single American Muslim defend [strike]shooting unarmed black men[/strike] the attack on the art contest.

I haven't looked, but Western Muslims decry terrorism with each event. I'm confident there are statements out there saying it for this, too.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Note to terrorists bent on killing Americans:

WE SHOOT BACK!

 

[CathyInBlue]

Looks like he jumped out of the a-ha video, "Take on Me":

[video=youtube;djV11Xbc914]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914[/video]

I took it to be inspired more by MC Escher's Drawing Hands.

 

[Pocketman]

If more than 99.9999% of "those people" have no issues whatsoever, how can it be a problem with assimilation?

It is a problem of criminality or terrorism.

Anyway, in light of the various "Little Italy" and "Chinatown" type places - or heck, have you ever been to Hawaii? - when has America ever DEMANDED IN A REALLY LOUD VOICE that people assimilate? Immigrants come here because the want more freedom, not less. (That's a demographic generalization.)

This particular incident was perpetrated by criminals, but based upon an attitude that seeks to deprive others of their Constitutional rights. I think I saw a recent poll where most Muslims don't necessarily agree that displaying such images should be allowed, even in the U.S.. I've been to a few "Chinatown" and "Little Italy" and Hawaii. I myself participate in German fests. Culture is important, but one culture shouldn't impose itself upon another. Above all, we're Americans.

It is an assimilation issue with respect to these communities practicing Sharia law and ignoring US laws.

Yep! Cannot cite statistics, but there's a lot of people beyond these two thugs who have trouble with personal freedom in this country.

an issue is the silence of the 99.9999%

we have no shortage of people jumping on the event organizers. Where are the 99.9999% saying not to shoot people?

Agreed, the 99.9999% are not very vocal about condemning such acts.

I honestly believe that heritage is an important part of society, especially in a country as diverse as the U.S.. I do however think it is sometimes difficult for people who come from a different culture to fully grasp the responsibilities associated with freedom. There's no shortage of history to illustrate that when political organizations hide behind the facade of a particular religion (Islam doesn't have a monopoly on this) and/or one culture attempts to impose itself upon another, there are going to be clashes. This are simple principles, but difficult topics.

 

[Kutnupe14]

WHAT??? Does Kutnupe know about this?!?!

Is JT being intellectually dishonest, or does he actually think I believe that attacking people over drawings is a legitimate response to being offended?

 

[Kutnupe14]

This particular incident was perpetrated by criminals, but based upon an attitude that seeks to deprive others of their Constitutional rights. I think I saw a recent poll where most Muslims don't necessarily agree that displaying such images should be allowed, even in the U.S.. I've been to a few "Chinatown" and "Little Italy" and Hawaii. I myself participate in German fests. Culture is important, but one culture shouldn't impose itself upon another. Above all, we're Americans.


Yep! Cannot cite statistics, but there's a lot of people beyond these two thugs who have trouble with personal freedom in this country.


Agreed, the 99.9999% are not very vocal about condemning such acts.

I honestly believe that heritage is an important part of society, especially in a country as diverse as the U.S.. I do however think it is sometimes difficult for people who come from a different culture to fully grasp the responsibilities associated with freedom. There's no shortage of history to illustrate that when political organizations hide behind the facade of a particular religion (Islam doesn't have a monopoly on this) and/or one culture attempts to impose itself upon another, there are going to be clashes. This are simple principles, but difficult topics.

Who exactly is supposed to condemn it?

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Who exactly is supposed to condemn it?

You don't know?

 

[JTScribe]

Is JT being intellectually dishonest, or does he actually think I believe that attacking people over drawings is a legitimate response to being offended?

It's sarcasm, please don't shoot me.

 

[Kutnupe14]

It's sarcasm, please don't shoot me.

I'm drawing a picture of you right now.

 

[Kutnupe14]

You don't know?

Nope not a clue.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Nope not a clue.

 

[JTScribe]

I'm drawing a picture of you right now.

I have no wacky worshippers so you should be fine.

 

[KLB]

National Socialist German Workers' Party.

It's leftist. Seriously. It's just got some nationalism and racial purity thrown in.

Where do you get that the Nazi's were left wing? They are typically considered to be pretty far along the Right Wing side of things.

 

[HoughMade]

I have no wacky worshippers...

You don't know that.

 

[Dead Duck]

I have no wacky worshippers so you should be fine.

 

[Pocketman]

Who exactly is supposed to condemn it?

I am open to persuasion, but one would think that if main stream Islam followers and leaders put half the effort into condemning violence as the radicals put into promoting it, we'd be seeing less such acts.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

The traffic cop that took down the terrorists was one baaaad dude:
Bearing ArmsHE PUSHED FORWARD: Brave Garland Police Officer Advanced As He Brought Down Garland Terrorists - Bearing Arms

 

[Alpo]

60 year old with a Glock.