Obama and Romney agreed to have no negative political ads and campaign driven statements on September 11th out of respect for the tragedies America sustained on that day...Romney prematurely ejaculated in the eleventh hour. He could have waited until 11:59 p.m. to critique Obama on his response to what happened in the middle east. November is going to be interesting...
OK, in a nutshell, a 14 minute film produced by an Muslimphobe on YouTube sparks outrage amongst the Muslims in the middle east. In this film the Prophet Muhammad is portrayed to be a pedophile, a homosexual, as well as a womanizer (a very busy man...allegedly). First of all, any portrayal of Muhammad is deemed highly offensive. If you recall, there was a cartoonist from Denmark who portrayed Muhammad in a cartoon which really pissed off people of the Muslim Faith. South Park thought about it...but Comedy Central tanked their efforts to portray Muhammad in an episode. Hence, one cannot be surprised that the Muslims in the middle east are highly pissed off at this film...to to actually kill an American Diplomat over it...that's insane!
Or is it? Although there are reports that the death of our Ambassador to Libya assassination was a calculated effort amongst Al Queda, the Muslim outrage does not surprise me. Most laid back "I Don't Give A Shit" Americans like myself would first wonder "why are they holding a whole country responsible for a video made by an individual?"
Perhaps because these are Countries were religion is taken far more seriously than we take religion in this country. Think about it, religion is more of a way of life to a Muslim than it is to a Christian. We live in a country were a group of students that desire to hold hands around a flagpole in the morning and pray in front of a high school would fail in comparison to the group of students that would simply walk past them and go to class. Although the "separation between church and state" is not a law, it is commonly referenced at the first sign of religious and governmental fornication.
The middle east will never understand that religion in America is more of a side bar. We are more concerned about catching every episode of the last season of the Jersey Shore than we are about our Bible verses. In this country, a Catholic man can marry a Protestant woman without being judged harshly by his community. Technically, I would get immediately thrown in jail if I killed someone simply because they made fun of Jesus Christ...the Judge would say "damn, Karma takes religion seriously!!!" Most sane Americans can understand that if they see something offensive, it is most likely the efforts of a group of people and not a massive political agenda. If I saw a video of ten people from Sweden chanting "kill all of the niggers" I would not make an assassination attempt to the Swedish Ambassador.
I can see why they are pissed off, but I can't see why they are pissed off at America. Just because the movie came from this country does not mean our country supports it. Anyone can put shit up on YouTube even anti-Muslims!!! I have often wondered, if I put out an awesome pro-Muslim video on the YouTube, if the countries in the middle east would embrace our country and start flying our flags again...probably not. It wouldn't get any "views." I guess this world is hell bent on negativity. I will not be a hypocrite. I will not hold the country of Libya responsible for the murder of an American Diplomat. But I will watch very closely at how Libya deals with these murderers they have arrested.
