The Cellar - View Single Post - Rice urges calm, calls Koran desecration abhorrent

jaguar · 05-16-2005, 03:35 AM

From my experience and understanding I'd wonder how much was genuine outrage and how much just might possibly be people taking advantage of the protest to do a little looting. But of course that gets in the way of the oh-so-easy muslims are savages theory doesn't it? 10 people died in Afghanistan - at the hands of police. Considering a few hundred died at the hands of police a few days earlier in Uzbekistan one might suggest that the police might be the problem rather than the protesters. Even in Afghanistan protest in most regions were peaceful. In Pakistan most protets consisted simply of marching around with banners and stamping on the US flag.

But lets not let the facts get in the way, right?

05-16-2005, 03:35 AM	#21
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	From my experience and understanding I'd wonder how much was genuine outrage and how much just might possibly be people taking advantage of the protest to do a little looting. But of course that gets in the way of the oh-so-easy muslims are savages theory doesn't it? 10 people died in Afghanistan - at the hands of police. Considering a few hundred died at the hands of police a few days earlier in Uzbekistan one might suggest that the police might be the problem rather than the protesters. Even in Afghanistan protest in most regions were peaceful. In Pakistan most protets consisted simply of marching around with banners and stamping on the US flag. But lets not let the facts get in the way, right? __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain