Follow Up: Take The High Ground (Feb 15th)

OK. This is just getting out of hand! Read this, then come back to me.

Obviously, these people (Muslim protestors) did not read my blog entry from Feb 15th. Ok, ok. It was recent. I'll give them that. After this news report, I suggest they took a look.

Muslim clerics are calling for the head of the Danish cartoonists. Note to the potential murderer(s): you can do it for financial gain, not just in the name of religion!

Come on people! How can you advocate this?!?!?!

The Christian and Jewish religions both follow the Ten Commandments, one of which states:

"You shall not murder."
Exodus 20:13

Although I'm not familiar with other religions around the world, I expect that this is one of the tenants of any one of them. Maybe someone can post any information they might be aware of from the Qu'ran where it states that murder for religious and financial reasons is ok.

Let me just say that my encounters with Muslim people do not reflect what I'm seeing on tv. They are moderates that want for themselves and their families, the same thing most be poeple of other faiths want, whether they practice those faiths or not.

The news item for which the link I posted states that one sign of protest read, "No double standards. We want justice." How do you expect to get justice by murder and destruction of property? If you don't want a double standard, then maybe other people should be able to murder you! Give yourselves a shake! (Again, I still can't fathom the idea of burning a country in effigy)

If you want justice without a double standard, please do it in a calm, organized, civil manner. Muslim organizations should file for a court action or actions against the publishers of these cartoons to have them banned, so that a precedence is set and other cartoons are not published in the future. Murder only puts you into court and if you're thinking of escaping criminal justice by committing suicide, I would have thought that suicide sends you to hell, or at least purgatory. You can get vengeance for your brothers, but apparently you don't care if your soul is damned for the rest of eternity. If you want to look into that, I suggest you read Dante's Inferno.

Stop the rioting! Stop advocating for street justice and take it to the lawful court of the land (The World Court in The Hague would likely try the case). Stop fanning the flames of hatred. Preach discussion and understanding, especially you clerics out there. Your followers look to you for guidance. Don't misplace that guidance. Stop the rioting....

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