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byaccount_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes:
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byMakoska ( 2731039 ) writes:
Could someone please link to the actual video? There are lots of news about it but has anyone even see the video? What are we supposed to be talking about here?
byGarretSidzaka ( 1417217 ) writes:
http://youtu.be/1RagKWM8ldk [youtu.be]
bybmo ( 77928 ) writes:
I can't last more than two minutes into this horrible thing. What the hell am I watching? And this trailer and it goes on for 14 minutes? What?
Apparently the English subtitles are what the Arabic overdubs were. Even I find it offensive in English. The English dialog offensive and insulting to the viewer in a "You're kidding me, right? No, wait, you're serious?" kind of way and text translation of the Arabic dub is just a middle finger to the viewer, whether Muslim or not. Uwe Boll's movies look like C
bym.ducharme ( 1082683 ) writes:
Cui bono?
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I've been asking myself this same question since the story broke. Sadly, far too many disparate groups are benefitting from this, including but not limited to Israel, Al Qaida (whatever that really means), fundamentalist Christians, Salafists and Wahabbists in the Middle East, the idiot who made the film, and possibly others. And this doesn't count people or groups who may have thought they'd benefit from it, but aren't, like Mitt Romney's campaign team, and the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt.
So yeah, pick you
byjhd ( 7165 ) writes:
...... I wonder if the US based creators of this film can be charged with negligent homicide. I sure hope so.
Charged for offending someone... you're an insipid idiot!
bym.ducharme ( 1082683 ) writes:
Not for offending someone, for inciting the very predictable violence that resulted in the deaths of the Ambassador and his staff. There is a difference, you know.
byinit100 ( 915886 ) writes:
What you, in essence, are saying is that Muslims are robots which can be predicted with high accuracy to respond to religious offense with violence, and since it is instinctive (hardwired) and not a conscious decision, they can't be held to account. A bit like a force of nature. As we know, gravity can't be held to account when a chunk of ice falls from a building and kills a passersby. In this case, the building owner can be charged with negligent homicide for failing to remove the ice from the roof.
Or, you could view Muslims as human beings, who can consciously choose between violence or non-violence when he is offended, and thus be held to account for that choice. If he chooses a violent response, he should be punished for it, not the guy causing the offense. After all, anything can be offensive to someone, and banning people from offending others would grind society to a halt, as nobody would be able to say pretty much anything.
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