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Originally Posted by DanaC
I haven't read the whole thread, so forgive me if this is repeating anything someone else has said:
What is the difference between the revolutionary violent rhetoric in those banners and
the banners being waved in London by muslims protesting against the Dutch cartoons?
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To my mind there are major conceptual differences.
The US demonstrators are protesting their government,
while the Muslims are defending their religious faith.
They both invoke images of blood and violence because, for each,
their beliefs are absolute... and not to be compromised.
It seems in politics that we in the US tend to impose a technical and political view
on to others when theirs is first a religion and then a way of governing.
So between Shite and Sunni, their first differences are religious,
but the former superimpose religion on government,
while the latter
tend to more independent government.