Those Darn Cartoons...

I guess if you have been following the news from the Middle East, there is a bit more than death and destruction. There is angry thousands marching in the streets, protesting the publishing of the Prophet Mohammad cartons, yes again, they are doing them in both Denmark and Germany.

It is a shame that editors of such newspapers chose to insult people's religion and vilify a great historical and spiritual figure in such fashion. As hurt as I am, I do think that there is no need for protesting in the streets and rioting....although the cartons are insults, I think the greater insult to Islam is to have people get killed as they riot in protest. I guess, what the West does not know that Muslims do not get humor and religion mixed together...publications at home are not allowed to depict religious figures, and figures period.

However what many Muslims fail to see that freedom of speech is a religion of it’s in some parts of the world, and many hold such freedom is sacred!

I think my Muslim brother and sisters should not allow others to control their feelings by getting offended and acting on that feeling. What happens is clear, the marching Muslims, empower some guy in Denmark to drive their action. This is a mistake.

I still believe that very few of the protesters have full-time jobs! Or families to look after. The two things that can keep you busy in your life are either a job or kids to look after...

Not to forget that in countries where freedom of speech is restricted, they would love to score cheap points by showing the dangers of freedom of speech. In other words, in Sudan, they might not have freedom of speech and the government does its best to vilify this right as dangerous and offensive, thus, allowing protest against cartoons does serve two purposes:

1-distract people from high unemployment rates
2-showing how freedom of speech is bad, bad, bad.

On the flip side, for the Danish editors, just because you are atheist and do not have a "holy cow" does not mean that all of us are the same, we are not! And remember this argument when you try to mock some other taboos. You are free to express yourself, but not free to incite...in the same fashion it is permissible to drive, and it is legal to drink, it is dangerous to combine both of them.