2006 | In a speech in his native Germany, Pope Benedict XVI quoted from an obscure medieval text that characterized some teachings of Islam's founder as "evil and inhuman," unleashing a torrent of rage across the Islamic world.
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How many times have we seen this scenario? |
The answer obviously is a resounding no.
Flag and effigy burning doesn't sit well with most people, but Americans certainly don't take to the streets and commit these senseless acts of rage and violence.
But extremist Islamists do.
In this case, someone posts a YouTube video that sparks "outrage" (that word I think is becoming the most dangerous word there is) and they attack an embassy and kill four innocent people who have nothing to do with the video.
Also in this case, instead of just burning the American flag or an effigy, they murdered Ambassador Stevens and three others and carried Ambassador Stevens' body through the streets.

Where is the "outrage" in the Muslim community to condemn this behavior and stop the violence?
Where is the common sense?
Why can't they simply condemn the video as what it is, a piece of trash and move on?
When Salman Rushdie wrote the Satanic Verses in 1988, it also sparked "outrage" in the Muslim world and a fatwa was issued condemning Rushdie to death.
Why not condemn Sam Bacile?
I just don't understand why innocent people have to murdered in the name of defending whatever belief it is that anyone has.
And Salman Rushdie is still alive.
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