Thursday, February 09, 2006
Extremists in Sarajevo burn Croatian flag over Muhamad Carictures.
Here's the really annoying part, I don't think Croatia was part of this problem!* I can understand Muslim people being angry about the cartoons, I can understand them protesting, but even a lot of Muslim leaders, some of whom count as being 'extreme' in their views have not liked these demonstrations.
One comment I want to make about the Americans who have weighed in on this useing matters like the art scandals involveing blasphemous and insulting images of Jesus, People raised Christian did this, not Muslims.
* Correction, Nacional printed the caricatures, that still doesn't make what happened in Sarajevo right, let people protest in front of any office that Nacional has in Sarajevo, or not buy that paper. about 1500 people were in this protest.
I also think it was stupid and provacative of Nacional to print this caricature on Nacional's part. Feelings are still pretty raw in the Balkans and sometimes editorial discression is a really good thing. Meanwhile maybe they have endangered the Croat minority liveing in Sarajevo.
That was thoughtless of the editors, meanwhile they've harmed Croatian business interests too.
As for Denmark, well the saddest part of this is Denmark has a past of being really helpful in the Middle East, on a diplomatic level, on the level of doing humanitarian aid and ONE idiotic incident spoils things for all of Denmark.
One comment I want to make about the Americans who have weighed in on this useing matters like the art scandals involveing blasphemous and insulting images of Jesus, People raised Christian did this, not Muslims.
* Correction, Nacional printed the caricatures, that still doesn't make what happened in Sarajevo right, let people protest in front of any office that Nacional has in Sarajevo, or not buy that paper. about 1500 people were in this protest.
I also think it was stupid and provacative of Nacional to print this caricature on Nacional's part. Feelings are still pretty raw in the Balkans and sometimes editorial discression is a really good thing. Meanwhile maybe they have endangered the Croat minority liveing in Sarajevo.
That was thoughtless of the editors, meanwhile they've harmed Croatian business interests too.
As for Denmark, well the saddest part of this is Denmark has a past of being really helpful in the Middle East, on a diplomatic level, on the level of doing humanitarian aid and ONE idiotic incident spoils things for all of Denmark.
# posted by Katja R. @ 9:58 AM 
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Yes, this is a sad and somewhat distrubing thing!
I've got to admit that if a war were to break out there again over something like this I'd be fighting against the Muslim side this time.
I truly feel the rest of the non Extremist world has bowed down to these guys out of fear of not being politicly correct.
I believe, like the Serbs in Srebrenica 10 years ago; these extremists truly believe their opponent to be weak and not willing to defend what is right.
I believe these extremists are betting on the rest of the world's kindness as weakness.
Lets hope we don't live up to this expectation as the UN did in Srebrenica.
And for those who like to read non-existant messages into things; I'm not comparing the Serbs to Muslim Extremists. I was simply comparing the two attitudes of not respecting the rest of the world once she is pissed off.
Respectfully,
John
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I've got to admit that if a war were to break out there again over something like this I'd be fighting against the Muslim side this time.
I truly feel the rest of the non Extremist world has bowed down to these guys out of fear of not being politicly correct.
I believe, like the Serbs in Srebrenica 10 years ago; these extremists truly believe their opponent to be weak and not willing to defend what is right.
I believe these extremists are betting on the rest of the world's kindness as weakness.
Lets hope we don't live up to this expectation as the UN did in Srebrenica.
And for those who like to read non-existant messages into things; I'm not comparing the Serbs to Muslim Extremists. I was simply comparing the two attitudes of not respecting the rest of the world once she is pissed off.
Respectfully,
John
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