Gentle Whisper:
“Middle Eastern leaders and analysts warned today of a potentially violent backlash in the region to Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks implicity linking Islam to violence.”
Umm... if someone is so upset about being misrepresented as violent... shouldn’t that person... oh I don’t know... Not Be Violent?
update: Many other bloggers have similar sentiments,
summarized here by Wizbang. Some samples:
It is laughable to witness the angry, violent demonstrations denouncing any suggestion that Islam is an angry, violent religion. It is hilarious to observe the wails of victimhood and oppression as Islam's religious leaders call for killing Jews and Christians; beheading those who insult Islam, even as their own rhetoric isn't so much insulting as it is directly threatening the rest of the world.
For my part, I am sick of "Muslim rage." Whether inspired by the pope or Danish cartoonists or the clumsy use of the word "crusade" by a Western politician, there is simply no defense for the behavior of these imams and their followers. It is barbaric, and everybody who is not barbaric or an unreconstructed apologist for barbarians knows it.
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