Namecall...? oh. You think I'm actually calling you a coward, rather than saying I think you are advocating cowardly behavior (which - see below). *Sigh* Sorry Spud. Not my intent. But this sort of thing punches my buttons -hard- and I got pissed off.
Ok - THAT makes much more sense. That I can get behind. It does indeed send the wrong image. I think you and I were approaching the same point but from WILDLY different angles.
Peace?
Quote:What I *am* disturbed by is the overall mentality that people seem to have that makes them not think -- about the consequences of their actions (please note I never once said those consequences were deserved or valid), and about the impact of their words and actions.Ok. Fair enough.
Quote:I'm not scared of 'the Muslims', as you put it. I fear getting hit by lightning a whole lot more. I fear the bank that holds my mortgage. I fear the drivers on the road beside me. I do not fear terrorism, at all. I'm not apathetic to it, but I refuse to succumb to the F.U.D. infection that you have obviously been bitten by.F.U.D.? That -can't- be what my initial thought on the initials came out as. (F--K You Dead? Can't be that.) Fear of something? Whatever it is, I've never seen it before, I don't think.
Quote:I am *dismayed* by Molly's lack of acceptance of her responsibility. It upsets me because she *could* have stood her ground and become a symbol -- without being a martyr, even -- for the proponents of free speech. I feel for her -- it cannot be easy knowing that you are on someone's death list -- but as I've said, that was an easily predictable outcome of her actions, and if she didn't feel comfortable taking that step, then she shouldn't have done so in the first place. Because I think it does her message more harm than good when she backs down like this.
'Free speech' does not mean 'speech free from responsibility', Logan. 'Free speech' does not mean 'speech free from repercussions'. Free speech simply means that you are allowed to speak your mind, that your government will not attempt to silence you -- and we, as a country, are outnumbered by those who don't agree with this. That doesn't make them right any more than it makes us right to enforce *our* views in *their* land. It simply is a fact.
The FBI and the gov't should be protecting Molly. I don't believe they should be doing so by recommending she hide, because that sends the wrong message. It says we are afraid of threats like this.
What I am saying -- all I have been saying, despite your attempts to inject your paranoid views into my opinions -- is that I am disappointed that Molly did not have the courage of her convictions, and her hiding portrays the wrong image.
Ok - THAT makes much more sense. That I can get behind. It does indeed send the wrong image. I think you and I were approaching the same point but from WILDLY different angles.
Peace?