Muslim "fury" at speech by Pope

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Because their fury, as usual, is terribly misplaced. Also, if you took Fuzzy for his word, than virtually no muslims are really upset by this.

You're right about Hitchens, though. He is very consistent about his atheism, as annoying as it often can get. I too thought the Pope should've apologized, as I've already said. I don't think it was so much a calculated move, as it was Benedict failing to take into account that he isn't some Vatican academic who is going to have every word scrutinized. He's the figurehead of the faith, and he needs to be smarter about it.

BUT.....the reason he needs to be smarter about it is b/c of the ridiculous response we're seeing right now. So the grand irony in it all is that he quoted a medieval passage talking about the violent nature of Islam, muslims get upset, and then say nothing about the violence enacted against churches! Right, right.....it's so few muslims, just ignore them!

I wish I could set up a good vending business on the "Arab street". I'd make a killing, with how often they take to the streets in self-righteous outrage. The crux of the pope's speech was actually about the secular West. Where are the massive protests in Britain, New York, and LA? Why no church burnings there? Why hasn't a group of rabid secualrists gunned down a nun yet?