HRM i've seen people being offended turn inot riots ;) Though the situation IN LA or other riots in the us were not over something as trival as a pagent. It was about something they held dear and near. So in the hind sight, a guy being beat up by cops and then the cops not getting thrown in jail is that a warrent to cause millions of dollars in damage and kill people?
Humans are animals and we can sometimes act like animals, it doesnt matter what country race religion you are but it happens. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 11:01 AM Subject: RE: miss world > We all can overreact - however I think it's telling when a > community/country/person can't control their reactions. I'm not saying > they shouldn't be offended (although I still don't get it - but I'm not > Muslim), but their reaction is that of animals - not humans. > > -rc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:32 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: miss world > > > > > > I was following it for a while but missed the move to London. > > > > As far as the reactions of the moslems... it's reactionary, not > > rational. Reactions don't have to be rational, and in all > > honesty there > > are tons of cases where rationality and reaction don't meet when it > > comes to humans. The biggest influence there is the mob, > > though. The > > mob reaction can be a very scary thing indeed. > > > > Hatton > > > > Raymond Camden wrote: > > > > >I'm still catching up on email so forgive me if this has already been > > >discussed. Anyone else following the Miss World riots? I was reading > > >this URL: > > > > > >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=2&cid= > 578&u=/nm/2 > >0021126/ts_nm/religion_nigeria_missworld_dc > > > >and got pretty disgusted by this: > > > >"The Miss World pageant was hastily relocated to London, but there > >pageant organizers came up against more opposition with media and lobby > >groups accusing them of having blood on their hands." > > > >Let me see if I get this. A _reporter_ makes a comment about the > >pageant. This reporter is not associated with the pageant. The local > >folks get violent, because, as we all know, if someone offends your > >religion you have every right to go out and kill hundreds of folks. Yet > >somehow this is the pageant's fault? I'm not a big support of pageants > >but this seems rather stupid (although you have to wonder what they > were > >thinking going to a country that is obviously full of wackos - and > sorry > >if that offends - but if they are going to _riot_ over a comment like > >this - they need something better to do). > > > >Maybe I'm not a dedicated enough to my religion - but if someone told > me > >God didn't exist, or was stupid, or whatever, I can't see killing him > >over it. > > > >-rc > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
