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Cartoon Controversy of Islam; Lance Rants

Cartoon Controversy of Islam; Lance Rants: What is the big deal over the war on Cartoons in the Islamic World? Why is it that the Clerics use a cartoon which was in some little newsletter newspaper at a College in a Country over 4500 miles away to incite mass protests and a call for the beheading of the cartoonist? What on Earth is this World coming to; this is completely nuts indeed.

International reactions to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
Cartoon Controversy of Islam; Lance Rants: International reactions to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

If we cannot get along as a human race enough to laugh at ourselves and allow an outlet from the tension through fairytales, cartoons, jokes, and such, then we have a serious problem out there. It is hard to reason with people who are so jaded they will not look beyond the flickering flame on their projection stone. We invite them outside the cave to see the reality, but in doing so they complain and shoot at us? Well fine stay in your fundamentalist chains, but do not blame the rest of the world for our broader views or perceptions.

Cartoon Controversy of Islam: Thousands of angry Syrian demonstrators storm the Danish Embassy in Damascus, Syria on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, and set fire to the embassy building in protest of offensive caricatures of Islam’s prophet. The building also houses the embassies of Chile and Sweden. (AP Photo Bassem Tellawi).
Cartoon Controversy of Islam: Jordanians burn Danish and Israeli flags in Amman, Jordan February 7, 2006. A wave of Muslim fury spread across the Middle East and Asia on Tuesday over the satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad as leaders urged restraint and struggled to contain the protests which in recent days turned from peaceful to volatile and bloody. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

We need to bring the world together, but it is impossible to win the hearts and minds of the people if they are polluted with incessant fundamentalist calling for jihad. We are not going to solve this culture clash between the Arab World and the modernized and more adapted Western World if we cannot give these minor events a rest. It is impossible to win the hearts and minds of the people when they have given them to the Clerics who wish to stay in power through brainwashing tactics and miss information. Consider all this in 2006.

Cartoon Controversy of Islam; Lance Rants

Written by Simon Alexander

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