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Originally Posted by Ramrod
I am merely wondering if muslims in this country (and worldwide) have their priorities right since we hardly saw any toys chucked out of prams over the bombings etc.....while they do appear to have gone off the deep end over cartoons....
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I understand what you are trying to say, but I have to agree it doesn't entirely make sense.
I think what you're trying to compare is the Muslim reaction against 9/11 and the current furore over the cartoons.
In the wake of 9/11 there were reactions from Muslims (mostly those living in Western liberal democracies) against the atrocity. I recall the newspaper 'advert' and a few other shows of solidarity.
By comparison, this episode of the cartoons has seen a huge outpouring of anger from the same people. I think what Ramrod is saying that he sees the current outcry as a far louder protest than anything that followed 9/11
I tend to agree. It suggests that offending Muslims with a cartoon is a bigger issue to them than the massacre of 2000+ people.