I'm really starting to hate the rhetoric that calls Islam a peaceful religion. First their were the riots that started last week...actually, first their were the french riots from a couple months ago - yeah, all muslims. Then there were the riots that started last week over a cartoon - a fricken cartoon that was published in September! Yesterday another riot broke out that resulted in the burning of the Danish consulate in Lebanon. Yeah, that's peaceful. Now, mourners from the ferry accident on Friday have attacked the offices of the company that ran the ferry. I know they're mourning and desperately want to know where their family members are, but is rioting and burning up the offices really the best solution?
It seems to me that there are only two reasons for these reactions. A) These are poor people that don't know any better, haven't been properly socialized to know rioting and arson are not a proper response when you're upset or B) something in their religion allows them to think that they have a right to destruction when they have their feelings hurt. At some point the civilized world has to stand up and say enough is enough. The real question is how do we do that? I'll think about that today and if I have an answer, I'll post it tonight.
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