Protests Get Violent Across the Middle East Over Anti-Muslim Film: Should the Film Have Been Made?

The film maker had a right to make a film about negative aspects of a religion. There is nothing "wrong" with that & no sin involved that I can tell, especially when the issues he brought up were issues that have been debated for centuries....nothing new.

Terrorists do not need an excuse for terrorizing, rioting, murdering, & destruction of property. We give into them when we allow movies, cartoons, book burning, etc. to be their excuse. The leaders of the USA are cowards & idiots for putting the blame on a movie. This would make more sense if you were a spiritually mature Christian.

As a sidebar, what I saw of the movie trailer revealed to me that whoever made it had bad tastes in scripts, actors, & sets, as the movie seems to be pretty cheesy & poorly put together. However, I'm not a professional movie critic, so what do I know? Bottom line, though, is that once freedom of speech is removed from a country, we're lost, dead in the water, gone as a nation. We don't have to like what others say, but we've got to allow them the right to say it. THAT is biblical ... free will.

i repeat my question, who has the right to kill another?

The citizens of any free country have the right to offend others. Others also have a right to be offended, but what they don't have is a right to murder, destroy, & reek havoc as a result of being offended. They should not be allowed to get away with that.

Seriously? Anything and everything has, can, and is considered offensive by one person or another. Offending people happens all the time and can be done totally inadvertently in the course of expressing oneself. Violence and murder, on the other hand, are usually pretty deliberate by comparison.

The muslim violence is not about the film. The film is an excuse for the violence, which springs from deep hatreds and is clearly fomented by Islamists who used the video as a tool to trigger riots starting Sep 11. I would happily contribute to a musical spoof of the Koran, just to put a finger in the eyes of the mullahs. More, more, more videos about Muhammad! Smother the fools with them until they suffocate or learn to live as modern people.

We don't have the First amendment for nothing....I don't care what muslims think about it since I could care less for religion. If they come to the U.S. they should abide by our rules in which we don't discriminate your practice of religion.

yes u do, this film was made in america, it is a hate film against what they believe in. right ot wrong americans should start keeping their opinions to themselves.

Yes, it is free speech, but that does not mean it is right to do such a political sensitive thing. Look what it has caused, how many Americans have been killed. Just because something is right, doesn't mean anyone should do it and cause this much trouble.

What the hell?! Just what are we supposed to do? Ask a mullah, pretty please may I post this thing about Islam? This is exactly what the mullahs want! Control of all expression about Islam. No! We have to reject it utterly, completely, totally!

Well spoken, 1000% agree with you!

And cost the lives of Americans right? Well said indeed. #Fool.

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So if you believe in something and someone else doesn't agree with you, he has the right to kill you?

The flim had a little to do with whats happening in the Middle East, I don't agree with the Muslim thought's.
This has been in the planning stag for a long time to happen on 9/11 the film set it off the White House knew about this they were warned and did nothing while 4 America's were killed, and America was attacked and our leader is more concerned about getting re-elected.
IF WE ALLOW HIM TO BE RE-ELECTED WE DESERVE EVERYTHING WE GET.

On 9/11/2001 we were attacked; the White House did know this was going to happen a month ahead of time; they were warned and they did nothing while 3000 Americans were killed; and the President was more concerned about getting reelected; he was reelected and, well, I guess we did deserve everything we got.

so, what do you expect? them to address EVERY threat? it is simply not possible. there are threats against the nation every day. you seriously think they should takve every single one seriously? good luck.

President Bush received a memo saying "Al Qaeda Determined to Strike in U.S." in August 2001. He basically threw it under the desk and never looked at it again. He also did nothing on al Qaeda even though Dick Clarke, the one guy in America who knew everything there was to know about counterterrorism, was pestering him about it practically every day.

I don't know what warning(s) President Obama received about this Libya thing.

This is what our Men and women, now and in the past have fought for the (USA)!! so we could speak our minds, with out any strike down, from America or any Country,now the President from Egypt called our President to arrest the Man that put this film on the Internet. NO NO NO!! Our President keeps apologizing for what America dose, and now what we say!!!. The film is not what those people did this for!. We have a weak President, and now we are in trouble, and now most of you need to look behind, when you are walking down the street, those people that killed the 3-4 Americans will get away with it, and now our President as the FBI looking for the Man that put this (FILM) on the Internet?, what about the (Killers) of our Americans. The one formar navvy man that those people (killered) never got to see his (little Babe Girl). America needs a strong President!!!, this one needs to go

for one I agree with this sentiment. I've supported this President, but this is the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I mean damn, have a back bone for once, dude.

You mean how you are a cowardly piss ant that seems to think it is better to hold your tongue and hide from cowards that kill innocents?

YES, YES, YES.111111111111 This so called president needs to go. I just hope enough people realize it to get the job done. If he is re-elected, America is in a heep of trouble like we've never seen before. i am old and will soon be gone, but I have 3 precious great grandbabies and am scared to death for them.

the people who fight and kill in such bad ways are not muslims, they don't represent islam, thats were people start to think that islam is just a bunch of killers. remember the twin towers and when they went down. they guy who did it was arab, but he wasn't muslim.
we have brought alot more than violence and we are not forcing you into are religion.
our religion does behave like this, we respect your right as you respect ours, but there are a few people who don't know how to fight for our rights, because they were taken away. we are not asking for war but for peace. war was our last option, it was the only thing they could do to be heard. they movie about anti-islam shows people wrong things that aren't true about our religon? wouldn't you be hurt to see all your people be so disrespected?

Why yes I would be hurt, just like I am with constant anti-Christian sentiment propagated by talking heads like Bill Maher and Seth MacFarlane.

Have you ever wondered why people rave on and on about how much Christians suck and how eager they are to blaspheme Jesus in every imaginable way just to piss us off for a cruel laugh? It's because they know that Christians won't react violently. They know they can get away with bullying Christians. But at the first sign of trouble (like with radical Muslims), they clam up like the cowards they are.

Regardless of how much something hurts your feelings it does not justify any of the actions these people are taking.

Absolutely it should have been made. To question the maker or makers of the film is irrational. When someone says something insulting to others we don't tolerate the others responding with violence. But, instead of going after the perpetrators of these attacks, we have the misguided media and the current regime in Washington blaming the barbarians uncivilized/criminal behavior on a film. These criminals are responsible for their actions like anyone else.

And murder is illegal. Mullahs calling for murder should be arrested as would someone who contracted murder. I don't care why Muslims hate us bcuz now I've learned to hate them more. They chant there are one and a half billion bin Ladens. Well, guess what? That means there's about five and a half billion anti bin Ladens. Time to kick some ass!! World's overpopulated, right?

No, but not for that reason. It should not have been said because, as we all learned in first grade IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY, DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL. if first graders can comprehend it, why cant grown men and women? Why do people keep bashing other people? It's not right and shouldnt be done. And guess what? IM JEWISH AND I THINK THIS. people are too prejudiced and focused on their race's pride.

like i said before, americans think they are special and can do and say what ever the hell they want without considering anothers feelings, as far as im concerned americans need to be put in their places. they are not special, nor do they rule the world. they should be taught in school the value of respect and consideration. whether we agree with the muslim faith, no one has the right to ridicule another.

Yeah head on over to the Middle East with this message and you'll see how well received a peaceful Jewish man is in that part of the world.

Were and are the anti christian films, DNC vote,and more, free speech? How did the Christians respond? With violent attacks? When a president stirred a hornets nest by financing a coup against the leader regardless of leader being horrible or wonderful, he should expect to get stung. The hornets don't need much shaking to bring them out to sting. He shook, they with attitudes stung,and blamed a movie, which they had to seek out to gain the support of others. Thugs will be thugs.

Get over it. People are so childish now a days. My parents taught me that "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me". GROW UP!

totally agree, religious beliefs or not, it was just a friggin' movie.

Actually words cut deeper than any stoner could...........if it left you alive.

If it wasn't then most cartoons would be banned, including my favorite, Yosemite Sam!

Free Speech doesn't mean you can shout "FIRE" in a crowded theater.

I suspect the people that came up with this scheme knew EXACTLY what the radical fringe in Islam would do.

If the reverse happened here, many Christians would be irritated. But the Westboro Baptists would no doubt erupt in rage and burn Korans again.

Remember after 9/11 Muslims in America were persecuted?

Well, they have MORE religious loons per capita in the poor Islamic Countries than we do.

And the makers of the film knew that.

Not one Christian, not even the whacked out Westboro Baptists would have killed anyone over a film insulting their religious beliefs. In fact Christian bashing is quite popular in modern media. Look at Family Guy and Religulous by Bill Maher. How many people were killed by Christians over that?

Oh yeah? Come to my country and say something that stupid. You'd get arrested if not beaten down. And you'd have to wait for the law to save you. America, you just can't say whatever you want and expect to get away with it.

And you know, you cant push people around and think its ok to shut them up for saying something you dont like. I have an idea, come here and try to shut me up - find out what happens.

Although in bad taste, it is freedom of speech here in the U.S.

On the other hand, what is the difference between an offensive film and an offensive action, such as the burning of the American flag?

Lesson #1. It is dangerous to insult the "religion of peace.".
Lesson #2. If you must insult the "religion of peace," be prepared to defend yourself."

"Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed. If you merely offend them they take vengeance. If you annihilate them they are unable to retaliate. Any injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared."

Niccolo Machiavelli

there's plenty of anti christian movies out there so why are these people complaining?