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Originally Posted by Xaccers
The complaint wasn't about gods was it though?
It was about the reputation of someone who is held in high regard to the complainant, just as the reputation of our armed forces is held in high regard by many of us.
Why is it ok to sully the name of one person but not another if people are offended and insulted by either?
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It's not. I found the Muslim actions SMG refers to offensive. Whether the soldiers should have been in the Middle East or not is irrelevant. They went where their commanders told them to, and gave their lives performing the task assigned by their commanders. Essentially, they did exactly what our government (on our behalf) asked of them. As such, they deserve nothing but respect. If the Muslims had a grievance, they should have protested to those in charge.
Now I find it interesting that SMG bought up the subject of the soldiers. They are clearly people he respects, and he appears offended at the insulting action of the Muslims, yet he clearly fails to grasp that someone who has been bought up to respect a religious figure (whether that figure exists or not is irrelevant, they have been bought up to believe he does) should be equally offended, not to mention the apparent implication that they believe in female bondage.