IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: HATE CRIME AND ART

CARTOON BY GLENN McCOY

IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES ANYTHING THAT SHOWS THE PROPHET OR ISLAM IN A BAD LIGHT IS NOT TOLERATED AND  PUNISHABLE BY DEATH.  THEY DON'T HAVE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.  THAT SAID, FAR TOO OFTEN IN THE COUNTRY POKING FUN AT CHRISTIANITY IS CONSIDER OK WHILE ANYONE MAKING FUN OR CONDEMNING ISLAM IS CONSIDERED TO BE ISLAMPHOBIC, RACIST OR JUST A PERSON PRACTICING HATE CRIME.  THE DOUBLE STANDARD IS APPALLING.  THE RECENT RIOTS AND DEATHS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WERE NOT CAUSED BY SOME OBSCURE FILM, BUT BY MUSLIM FANATICS STIRRING UP THE MOBS BECAUSE OF THEIR HATE FOR AMERICAN AND THE WEST IN GENERAL.  WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND A WAR HERE AND THERE WILL CHANGE NOTHING.  WE MUST NOT, HOWEVER GIVE UP OUR FREEDOMS TO THOSE WHO WOULD TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALLOW SUCH THINGS IN THEIR COUNTRY.  WE CANNOT GIVE INTO VIOLENCE NO MATTER WHAT THE COST.

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