Posted on 08/20/2007 8:48:40 AM PDT by Abathar
That was exactly my first thought-she’ll lump the Islamic terrorists, the American Christian Right and the IDF all together and paint them as fanatics. The other option is, I suppose, to make the Christians and Jews look like gencidal maniacs and paint the Jihadists as religious freedom fighters. Two things are certain: it won’t be balanced and I won’t see it.
“and not be able to react to it properly”
How does she plan to do that? Jihad? A sharp butter knife to the jugular? Maybe a bomb belt... or an IED?
How sweet. So, when learning about Christian extremists, she probably goes to revivals and looks for the most wild-eyed Christian family she can find. When learning about Muslim extremists one would naturally want to inteview a nation's most accomplished female politician.
I guess that's equivalent coverage. Sure. Whatever.
“Really, martyrdom is actually something that historically was quite noble, because it was about standing up and rejecting tyranny, rejecting injustice and rejecting oppression and, if necessary, dying for that.”
What kind of violent response should all non-muslims be allowed to engage in at Saudi Arabia where NO other exercise of religion is tolerated by the tyrannical laws? And where non-muslims are treated as second class citizens under the law? And where Jews are barred entry even into the country?
There is no excuse for a violent response to such a State. But to say that “others are like this too” is false.
Perhaps Mz Ahmawhore will give examples of Christians cutting off peoples heads or Christian suicide bombings??
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I’m shocked she stepped out of her tour bus long enough to get an hours worth of footage to even put on a show.
Me thinks Christine is trying to soften the mental blow of having to admit her heritage and culture is turned inside out in the post modern world.
The segment on Christians explores BattleCry in some depth, digging at the roots of an organization that fights against some of the cruder elements of popular culture and urges teenagers to be chaste. In noting how girls at some BattleCry events are encouraged to wear long dresses, Amanpour asks the group's leader how it is different from the Taliban.
Is it possible she is that stupid to equate teenage girls trying to live a modest live are somehow not too different than the Taliban? No it's not. It's blatant propaganda.
She was looking for a Christian group that was being criticized by other Americans like we criticize Muslims worldwide. Faggots and liberals protesting a group like BattleCry is her comparison.
Hell, if you want a protest there just put up a sign that says “Republican, and proud of it!” You will be jeered and spit on within minutes, you don’t need to wear a long dress to have that happen.
How much do you want to bet the Kansas City bombing will be brought up in the first 10 minutes?
I have never liked her and it does not even have anything to do with her politics. She just gives me the creeps...and don’t even get me started on her voice. Yieks!
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Nemo dat quod non habet.
When was the last abortion clinic bombing?? It stopped after it was condemned by the Christian Leadership. The last abortionist killed was the night before BJ was elected. Thought the timing of that was just too convenient.
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Martyrdom is a Christian concept. It's not at all true that it has a bad connotation. What is true is that Christians (and unbelievers as well) are outraged at this perversion of the word.
She watched, fascinated, as demonstrators in San Francisco accused teenagers in the fundamentalist Christian group BattleCry of intolerance in a clash of two cultures that will probably never understand each other.
It's just what I thought - she's going to state all three are the same. Multiculturism at its finest.
“She watched, fascinated, as demonstrators in San Francisco accused teenagers in the fundamentalist Christian group BattleCry of intolerance in a clash of two cultures that will probably never understand each other.”
They understand each other quite well, unlike Ms. Amanpour. The Muslims want to convert us by force, legal decisions, pure numbers, intimidation, or proselytization into their cult. This group of Christians, apparently, want to retain their culture, religion and freedom.
“To the West, martyrdom has a really bad connotation because of suicide bombers who call themselves martyrs,” she said. “Really, martyrdom is actually something that historically was quite noble, because it was about standing up and rejecting tyranny, rejecting injustice and rejecting oppression and, if necessary, dying for that.”
???????????????????? Christian martyrs were willing to be killed for their faith, not take a bunch of other victims with them. And suicide was never an accepted Christian practise.
“The segment on Christians explores BattleCry in some depth, digging at the roots of an organization that fights against some of the cruder elements of popular culture and urges teenagers to be chaste. In noting how girls at some BattleCry events are encouraged to wear long dresses, Amanpour asks the group’s leader how it is different from the Taliban.”
This creature is truly a TOTAL idiot.
“Amanpour was recently named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.”
Need I say more? Kindred spirits. Perhaps she can be knighted too, like such sterling role models like the Beetles and Elton John.
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