Just as a follow-up to my last rant on the terrorists acting on the Danish cartoons that were reprinted recently in several European papers and depict a caricature of the Prophet Muhmammed...
Through Erin's site, I read one of her friend's responses to her opinions about the situation abroad. She (the friend) spoke as a Muslim, but not as a representative of all Muslim-kind. And she made a lot of excellent points, including this statement, "I think it was irresponsible of the EU to RE-publish those comics when they already knew that it caused boycotts only months earlier."
My only problem with this is - then why did the "Muslims" torch the Danish mission in Lebanon and ransack a Christian neighborhood? I certainly don't want to hold Taz responsible for answering this question or to offend her in any way, but I certainly wish that more of her "Muslim" brethren would adopt her attitude towards these cartoons. No matter how much offense you feel that the European newspapers are giving you, that doesn't make violence right. And if you believe, like she does, that the European papers acted irresponsibly, why are you still prosecuting the Danes? The whole situation is rife with emotion and aggression and hatred, and it is NOT on the side of the European newspapers or the Danes.
The people who are committing these atrocities need to stop and think. They are so utterly ineffective. Instead of burning buildings, write a letter to the editors of the newspapers. Work with your church to have roundtable discussions at the universities and churches in the cities where the cartoons were published. Inform the non-Muslim and Muslim masses alike. Work towards dialogue. Don't immediately jump to conclusions and force your opinions down the collective European throat. There ARE OTHER METHODS to get your point across, and are much more productive if your end goal is to be treated with the respect you feel you deserve.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Stupid Things I Do When I Should Be Rewriting My College Essays
Stolen from Musicguy, who filled this out in 2004 but I am just catching up with his Blog now...
A - Age: 26
B - Band listening to right now: Whatever I can program into my MP3 player, and whatever Anthony suggests. Newest band entering my vocabulary: Drop Kick Murphys and Less Than Jake.
C - Career future: International humanitarian aid worker
D - Dad's name: David
E - Easiest person to talk to: my mom, because she, like, so gets it
F - Favorite song: it depends on my mood, but invariably relates to my knowledge of all the words
G - Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Gummy Bears, bouncing here and there and everywhere; high adventure that's beyond compare; they are the gummy bears...
H - Hometown: Clinton, MA
I - Instruments: Nothing well, but I have had public performances for flute, clarinet, and voice. At one point I even tried the piano.
K - Kids: Not the human kind. But Anthony and I just adopted the cutest puppy ever...
L - Longest car ride ever: Huntsville, AL to Pheonix, AZ
M - Mom's name: Marylee, or, more fittingly, da' Momma
N - Number of people you slept with: Yeah, I want to tell the internet that
P - Phobia[s]: n/a
Q - Quote: I smell what you're stepping in - attributable to a high school friend of mine, Christian Stein-o-mite
R - Reason to smile: too many to count! But Anthony, Grace, Mom, Michelle, Christy, Mel, Yael's new baby, Sarol, and me tripping over my own two feet are amongst them.
S - Song you sang last: You must have been a beautiful baby, you must have been a beautiful child, you must have been a beautiful baby, cuz baby, look at you now - to my sweet, sweet Grace.
T - Time you wake up: 5AM, and not because I want to. It's because Grace does what I call the "puppy pee-pee" dance if I leave her in the crate any longer.
U - Unknown fact about me: I have never liked drinking.
V - Vegetable you hate: Lima beans
W - Worst habit: procrastinating
X - X-rays you've had: it would probably be easier to list those I haven't had.
Y - Yummy food: potatoes and ice cream
Z - Zodiac sign: Scorpio
A - Age: 26
B - Band listening to right now: Whatever I can program into my MP3 player, and whatever Anthony suggests. Newest band entering my vocabulary: Drop Kick Murphys and Less Than Jake.
C - Career future: International humanitarian aid worker
D - Dad's name: David
E - Easiest person to talk to: my mom, because she, like, so gets it
F - Favorite song: it depends on my mood, but invariably relates to my knowledge of all the words
G - Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Gummy Bears, bouncing here and there and everywhere; high adventure that's beyond compare; they are the gummy bears...
H - Hometown: Clinton, MA
I - Instruments: Nothing well, but I have had public performances for flute, clarinet, and voice. At one point I even tried the piano.
K - Kids: Not the human kind. But Anthony and I just adopted the cutest puppy ever...
L - Longest car ride ever: Huntsville, AL to Pheonix, AZ
M - Mom's name: Marylee, or, more fittingly, da' Momma
N - Number of people you slept with: Yeah, I want to tell the internet that
P - Phobia[s]: n/a
Q - Quote: I smell what you're stepping in - attributable to a high school friend of mine, Christian Stein-o-mite
R - Reason to smile: too many to count! But Anthony, Grace, Mom, Michelle, Christy, Mel, Yael's new baby, Sarol, and me tripping over my own two feet are amongst them.
S - Song you sang last: You must have been a beautiful baby, you must have been a beautiful child, you must have been a beautiful baby, cuz baby, look at you now - to my sweet, sweet Grace.
T - Time you wake up: 5AM, and not because I want to. It's because Grace does what I call the "puppy pee-pee" dance if I leave her in the crate any longer.
U - Unknown fact about me: I have never liked drinking.
V - Vegetable you hate: Lima beans
W - Worst habit: procrastinating
X - X-rays you've had: it would probably be easier to list those I haven't had.
Y - Yummy food: potatoes and ice cream
Z - Zodiac sign: Scorpio
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