A Comparison

[Ruggedtouch]

to be fair, the media says they were but a small portion of the whole speech, but this is not exactly true when you compare the amount of time he spent whooping it up to the total amount of speech.. surely the pope is not a stupid or insensitive man (and there is a decree saying the pope is infallible) i feel this was no mistake or slip of the tounge, it was done with purpose..

I can’t say I know for certainty one way or another. I don’t believe that to be the issue, however. There’s nothing <i>fair</i> about responding to criticism of one’s faith with murder and mayhem.


There’s an obvious double standard being applied here by Moslems. The most virulently hateful rhetoric that exists on the planet comes straight from the Mosques of the Islamic Middle East, courtesy of the Imams, Clerics and Sheiks during Friday prayers. Jews as beasts, Christians as blasphemers, infidels as dirty, etc., etc. and all part and parcel of government sponsored hate mongering.


Let’s suppose the Pope did have an agenda for using the descriptions he used, so what? Why is it that Moslems believe their religion to be beyond reproach or criticism? Remember that any system that doesn't allow self-criticism and/or questioning is by definition a system that has something to hide. If the religion is noble and honest and could withstand even the slightest investigation, then the criticism of a mere mortal should not cause it’s adherents to launch into murderous fits.


I maintain those same standards apply equally to me. By all means, challenge my positions and critique my reasoning. Hate me if you must, but don't threaten my life or the lives of my family because I disagree with you and unapologetically criticize you. One is not civil or decent and in fact, one is lacking in morals and ethics if you threaten a man's life and urge others to murder him because he authored a book, for example, that challenges the ethics and morality of a vaguely historical character that some happen to revere as a religious figure. Moslems have yet to grasp this simple ethical concept. Actually, it turns this dynamic on its head by making murderous violence against its critics a noble, religious obligation.