Religious intolerance or freedom of speech.

[KukriKhan]

Note: we have a merged topic, so posts may seem out of sequence.

Who says a guy yelled 'bomb'? And who says he did it intentionally to cause a panic? All freedom comes with responsibility. And by the way:Sounds to me like the organisation blames the incident on 'bomb rumours' instead of their own incompetence. Now that is an abuse of free speech. The message seems to be that Mohammed is a bomber in the eyes of some of his followers. And he is. Just this week the killer of Van Gogh had his day in court, and all he did was talk about rivers of blood and beheadings and revenge in the name of the Prophet. The guy is a perfect caricature himself.The stampeders are idiots who can not even burn the right flags. In other posts I wrote that it is remarkable how the Arab elites started this row, not the Arab 'street' as they call it. If people don't learn to read and write and think for themselves, they will be manipulated by clerics and political leaders.

Heh. Looks like a Redleg refutation. (No offense to you or Redleg).

To be honest, I heard the initial report on BBC-World radio, where the breathless Manila station chief said: "Someone yelled 'BOMB!', and people rushed away!...". I went to BBC.co.uk and checked: sure enough, a headline. Re-checking just now, I see the byline with the reporter's name, has been dropped, and many details have been added, including an upped death-count. So, I'll put my assertion of someone yelling down to reliance on preliminary on-the-scene, non-pastuerized, non-gate-closing-details reports.

So, back 4 hours ago, I thought: "This will put a different spin on the cartoon wars thread." And I posted.

I don't dispute that we've seen silly people acting..well, silly.

My question is: Is the alarmism by both the European press and Muslim elite warranted? Calculated? Racist? Harmless? Necessary?

Is someone, or several someones gonna die over this? Is it worth it?