Let's look at it again shall we?

First Paki said that the cartoon was not made by an outside source.

Correct, but I imagine if it was then some people would have been a bit peeved but it is highly unlikely that we would have burned and mobbed any of their embassies here in the US.

Next he said that it was expected.

While I am not religious, I believe the same can be said for most, if not all, religions. If someone had poked fun or made cartoons of a derogatory nature about their religion(s), it is not likely that the religion in question would have burned and mobbed any embassy of the country making te remark/cartoon. But the people of the Islam/Muslim faith are "expected" to behave this way and "expect" the world to view this as acceptable behavior.

I am not a man that knows much about many religions. I do know that the Islam/Muslim religion that I have heard and read about in the media, and now concerning this cartoon, is not one that has any kind of tolerance whatsoever.

Anyway, I am done rambling. For some reason or other my thoughts have not been very linear the past few days. Too much on my plate I suppose.

Originally Posted by Marinerhodes

Let's look at it again shall we?

I am not a man that knows much about many religions. I do know that the Islam/Muslim religion that I have heard and read about in the media, and now concerning this cartoon, is not one that has any kind of tolerance whatsoever.

I wouldn't say that the Islam is worse than any other religion. I respect them all. However, I believe the root cause is not the religion as such, but the believers(or their earthly interests).
There was one more cartoon printed in France(I have heard about it via Public Radio a few days ago):
It depicts the Prophet holding his head in his hands and saying:"Why am I so loved by the Idiots?!"

Originally Posted by bulldogg

The cartoon in question for this thread is not the same as the cartoons referred to by yourself and others Paki. Don't assume to know what I will say as assumptions will only make you look the fool in the end. As a former soldier and a human being I will say that in my judgement the cartoon representing a soldier who has lost his limbs is insensitive and making light of the real life losses to real people who, as stated in the Joint Chiefs' letter, have suffered great personal loss in the service of their country. I would be equally disturbed were the soldier portrayed from Pakistan or Russia or Australia. A soldier is a soldier and the losses by real people should not be made light of in such a way. It is an extremely different ballpark than something deemed insulting to one's religion. Religion is an intangible a leg is not. Hence the statement I made to you stands, you are either naive or disingenous. Apples and oranges do not a fair comparison make. The cartoon from the Washington Post shows poor judgement and extreme insensitivity to real losses by real people. The cartoons from Denmark show poor judgement and insensitivity to some people's beliefs. They are VERY different.

I understand you points and hence I stated these comments:

I am not making a contrast between two!

And then again!

What I wanted to say that no one likes to be humiliated in media sources by anyone.

Also those some people are over Billion in number!

That cartoon was something shocking. But hell THAT's what I call a response.
Don't forget that Gen. Pace is Italian and I'm proud of the man.

Originally Posted by Italian Guy

That cartoon was something shocking. But hell THAT's what I call a response.
Don't forget that Gen. Pace is Italian and I'm proud of the man.

I agree. That is an appropriate response. Not rioting and causing harm to property and people.