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Originally Posted by Preechr
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington on Friday condemned caricatures in European newspapers of the Prophet Mohammad, siding with Muslims who are outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion...
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Words to pay close attention to: "condemned," "siding," "freedom."
I figure "religion" is implied, so I left it out because I didn't want anybody to think I was pissed off because of my own personal religious beliefs, or how those might exist in contrast to Dubya's. This isn't a freedom of religious expression thing for me. The problem is: we had no reason to side with anybody, much less condemn anything that may or may not represent a supposedly core principle of the freedom we are currently sacrificing SO MUCH for at this particular point in time.
That this incredibly powerful artistic statement came at such a moment from Europe and not America is incredible. That we would condemn it is pathetic.
If we are not with them, we are against them.
Figure it out.