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I don't think the counterpoint is as valid as you say it is. Receiving some hate mail and phone calls about a "gay Jesus" character is a lot different than kil
by illumin8 17y ago
I don't think the counterpoint is as valid as you say it is. Receiving some hate mail and phone calls about a "gay Jesus" character is a lot different than killing someone.
There are some small similarities between extremist Christians and extremist Muslims. Bombing of abortion clinics comes to mind, however, let's not pretend that a strongly worded email or phone call is anything like killing a cartoonist because he drew the wrong picture.
- Alex3917 17y ago"Receiving some hate mail and phone calls about a 'gay Jesus' character is a lot different than killing someone." Threatening to burn down the theatre, kill the staff, and kill the director strikes me as more than a strongly worded email. See fundamentalists like to use what I'd call the sandwich method. First you threaten to kill someone, then you kill them, and then you take credit for killing them. These threats seem pretty clearly like step 1.
- illumin8 17y agoI'm just drawing the distinction between threats, which many crazies are known to leave, and actual killing. Had the theatre actually been burned down, actors/directors killed, you might have a better point.
- DannoHung 17y agoDoesn't that just mean that the really crazy ones in each religion are pissed off at different things?
- sabat 17y agoYes. But the important difference here is in the actual murders -- the act of going beyond threats. I have a hard time taking that as a minor distinction.