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Please do not burn those books
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Not to mention it puts a rather awkward situation for asserting gay rights when it is fundamentally abhorrent to the most basic values of most creeds.
Belly, quite right- though I think the demonstrations and blasphemies are both a direct result of impositions in the others' worlds (most definitely the cartoons). Which is why I'm more cemented in my point that these communities MUST broadcast their hostilities to one another in non-violent ways, to ensure these two bodies stay out of each others' hair. The less civility shown by the perpetrators is also helping the rest of the world see their true colors, instead of walking unaware into a conflict.
I wouldn't worry about the implications of an escalation of conflict even if it did happen, because it really is much easier to declare neutrality in a conflict than people realize- and ironically, thanks to the decreasing unpopularity of US conflicts, there is a greater chance of that happening. Remember Switzerland and Sweden, flanked by Allied and Axis (and sometimes Soviet) nations all at the same time managed to remain neutral.
Also, although 9/11 was more a result of Middle East policy than religion, I would point out that Theo Van Gogh's murder was entirely religious. Also, the abortion-bomber terrorists would likely have taking their attitudes from a non-secular discourse as well.