TEHRAN, Iran -— Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday accused Western
newspapers of an Israeli conspiracy for publishing caricatures of the
Prophet Muhammad.
Yeah, sure, just denounce the cartoons. Crybaby. Get some balls, and learn to live with a little criticism, for God's sake. At least no one put your savior in a cup and pissed on him. When the "Piss Christ" went on display, I recall some protests and whatnot. What I don't recall is mass violence and people getting killed.
I also recall that some Christians were ridiculed for daring to suggest that perhaps we ought not give NEA funding to some guy just for taking a leak on Jesus. And, I recall some people saying that we all just needed to chill, its just art, man...
Now it seems we are bending over backwards to placate a bunch of true religious extremists, while blaming the cartoonists for expressing an opinion (one that has been proven again and again to be a rather valid opinion at that). Yeah, some of the cartoons were offensive, some may have even been off-base and ignorant. Some, however, were right on, and many of the high profile reactions within the Muslim world are just working to prove it.
What I would really like to see is a few more top Muslim leaders denouncing the idiots who are perpetrating violence over this.
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