Mohammed cartoonist attacked by Muslims shouting 'allah hu akbar' during his lecture on free speech

if a muslim extremist sees this comment, what can he do?

i never thought id see the day

but the christian manifistation of dissaproval is on mass far less aggressive.

I disagree. Putting the name of your deity on all U.S. money in direct violation of the first amendment seems pretty aggressive to me. The U.S. Constitution is the highest law in the land of they've managed to subvert that one for quite a while.

U.S. monies ARE created, managed and controlled by the U.S. government. Because not all religions and certainly not the not non-theists follow the monotheist "god", "In God We Trust", apart from being inaccurate, is a clear government establishment of a specific sort of religious view - monotheism. Because there are religions that have more than one deity or have no deity at all, the emphasis on monotheism is a default on the government's responsibility to keep itself neutral on the subject of religion.

Unless I use credit or debit cards, I am forced to use currency which expresses views not my own and, as it happens, is representative of a religion that is clearly and consistently hostile to me, a so-called "atheist", is hostile to Buddhism which I highly respect, and is currently and historically hostile to the beliefs of my wife and her friends who are neo-pagans.

Christianity less aggressive? Maybe you've not really be paying attention. People like me, my wife and our friends have to actively live and associate with one another day to day with one eye to every stranger who comes along with the possibility they are a Christian fanatic looking to do us harm. Just this evening, in fact, a member of our group expressed her discomfort with the fact her daughter accidentally "outed" her to people who are unfriendly and likely hostile to her chosen beliefs. These were not Muslims but American Christians. Why should any American have to live in fear of other Americans in such a manner?

Yes, I've been physically assaulted several times for being an "atheist" or at least for being a "non-Christian" - each time by so-called "good Christians". Yes, I, an American atheist with freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, have to be cautious to whom I speak openly about my own beliefs and the people with which I associate. It is American Christians who make that caution necessary. Come to think of it, no Muslim I've ever met and interacted with - American or otherwise - has threatened to commit harm to me, let alone actually committed such an act. No, that's not saying some Muslims wouldn't or don't want to harm us. I'm simply saying it isn't Muslims I watch for on American streets.

Self-righteous Americans are concern enough.

This moral equivalence crap is getting soooo booooring!!!

Of course not.

Probably not but, why would you find the physical assault of a human being funny? That isn't something to be admired or promoted in any culture claiming to value individual sovereignty.

Of course, I know exactly why you would find physical harm to another human being humorous.

bush for antagonizing them in true crusader fashion?

Personally, I'd rather have the Middle East be like they where around the 7th century. About that time, the people living their where at least trying to keep alive what the Greeks started and the Romans tried to continue. Shit was cool, but then the Crusades and Mongols happened, turned the Middle East into what it is today (for the most part). Now look at the three; there's civil unrest in Greece; Italy is at the mercy of a horribly corrupt business and has a pretty lacking government; and... you know the rest.

Did you somehow miss the fact this occurred in Sweden - not the United States? Also, it's a mistake to equate American liberals with liberals in other parts of the world. Today's American liberalism is a very different kind of liberalism from that of Europe.

American liberals are as hostile to individual liberties as are American conservatives. Their hostility is simply aimed at different issues.

As for welcoming diversity of religion with open arms, you can put that squarely - and thankfully - on the shoulders of those who founded the United States - not today's liberals. It was pre-revolution Calvinists - and today's conservatives - who wanted an American Christian theocracy - NOT those who actually created our laws and government.

You can thank the actual founders for your freedom of religion. If the Calvinists had had their way, you would have none save one - Christianity - which, as many would tell you, is no choice at all.

Going by your expressed views, you have more in common with radical Muslims than you care to admit. You don't seem to want religious diversity or religious liberty in the United States, you want a culture dominated by christian doctrine, no?

you do know what you are sating is of the same clothe as them.
good luck with it your gunna end up like jj

Obviously a set of individuals who demand the kind of respect that must be earned while confusing it with the kind of respect that does NOT have to be earned.

Freedom to worship as you choose in no way implies freedom from critique. Not surprisingly, Christians around the world and in the United States get that one wrong too.

Yes, Christians, Muslims, Jews - you ought to be at liberty to worship for reasons and in a manner you choose, however, most of your basic beliefs have no factual or logical basis and, in many instances are downright insane. You have no arguable right to prevent me from saying so OR to compel my own religious choices. If your messiahs, prophets and holy men are animals or madmen, I and many others like me will say so. Working to prevent such critique only supports the many arguments against you.

I personally grant you freedom of religion. I do not and am not required by any argument to grant your freedom from critique.

THAT is an unreasonable request of the clearly immature.

if death is warrented for saying stupid things now i know why the muslums want to kill us george bush
and it also explains palins fear of death pannels

If death is warranted for saying the "wrong" thing, what sort of punishment is deserving of those who are guilty of far more harm than simply opening their mouth?

much like the insanity of double life sentences.

extremist christians are insane--this story does nothing to dispute that.

hahahahahahah...maybe you need to get out more often..

different brand
manson and dahmer both nuts just different brands

wow is that a broad generalization like america is the great satan?

Who the hell genuinely knows what Mohammed looked like? Isn't it "Draw and Make Fun of Some Guy with a Turban Sideburns Beard and Moustache Day? I mean, really. That picture could be any number of guys living in muslim countries right now and looks an awful lot like some persons in India or Pakistan too. Hell, there are cabbies or other persons here in the U.S. who look like that. In fact, I've seen them in Seattle. I've seen them in San Francisco and Los Angeles. I've seen them in Texas. I've seen them in Washington D.C. and Baltimore. I've seen them in New Orleans. I've seen them at Disney World and Universal Studios. I've seen them in Miami.

Should they all be put to death for daring to look like Mohammed? If I create a cartoon of some guy in a turban with sideburns a beard and a moustache living in Seattle who just happens to look like Mohammed, should I be put to death as well?

Any claim to genuinely know what THE muslim Mohammed actually looked like is an unreasonable one and deserves no merit.

They same can be said of the christian Jesus as well. No one can rightly defend their "best guess" and certainly not with violence and bloodshed.

Yeah, as I mentioned - that could be just about any guy in a turban with a dog body.

To tell the truth, I wouldn't immediately guess that's even a dog's body. People making things up to get angry about in order to justify the violence that 's always on their minds to begin with.

Maybe auto manufacturers and architects should commit violence to protest the inaccurate depiction of a car and buildings in the drawing. "Two-Door Sedan Akbar!"

What about those other guys/gals in the drawing? Shouldn't their families be upset?

Ridiculous and deeply disturbing. Still, to be expected of the human species just barely removed from its savage roots.