First Second “Shorter” of the new blog
No violence in this instance, which means that Catholics have never been violent in response to blasphemers. QED.
But I’ll say it again: It’s not just about the cartoons. One could spend posts and posts unravelling the sociological causes behind this outbreak of violence. Malkin chooses to eschew this, spending posts and posts saying essentially the same thing. (Which, naturally, has led me to do the same.)
The clues are all there in her coverage: The delay between the cartoons’ original publication and the reaction, the countless instances of Muhammed images in Muslim publications, the calls for boycotts of other Scandinavian countries - it’s clear that the rioters were waiting for an excuse…but the conclusion we draw from that should be only that these riots are a sign of how the West is seen in Muslim circles.
The riots are less an indictment of overreacting Muslims than a warning for the oblivious West. And to continue to beat the “Us vs. Them” drum is the epitome of obliviousness.
That was not Malkin’s point. She never implied that throughout the Roman Catholics history there have never been violent responses to blasphemers.
What she does is prove that in civilized societies, the appropraite response is not to burn buildings and issue death sentences to anyone you deem blasphemous.
I defy you to cite one instance in this modern era where Roman Catholics have been violent or threatened violence as a response to blasphemy.
The fact of the matter is these people are using Islam to drag civilization back by thousands of years and people like will do nothing about it but critize people like Malkin who will.
Wake Up!!! More of the American people are on Malkin’s side!!!
Comment by sear — February 12, 2006 @ 6:53 am
I was actually referring to the source of the other major terrorist operations in living memory, as counterpoint to Malkin’s repeated “The difference between Us and Them” rhetoric.
Christendom has produced extensive terrorism, and I say that as a fully paid-up member.
Comment by Auguste — February 12, 2006 @ 10:12 am