Russell Brand: Don't blame Muslims

CNN ^ | Fri May 31, 2013 | John Avlon

[ThomasMore]

Russell Brand is best known as a British comedian and TV/film star, who, in addition to co-starring in the upcoming animated film "Despicable Me 2," is also a Solzhenitzyn-quoting, part-time essayist. In the wake of the barbaric beheading of a soldier in London, Brand wrote an essay in The Sun called "Blame this on madness...not Muslims."

Dean was particularly touched by the effort to defend the Muslim community from the ugly passions stirred by group blame. Brand's perspective is that mental illness is more at fault in the attack than the influence of radical Islam and that root causes must be analyzed, as well.

[ozzymandus]

FU Brand. Take a bath.

[mjp]

Brand's perspective is that mental illness is more at fault in the attack than the influence of radical Islam and that root causes must be analyzed, as well.

The mystical beliefs of mohammedanism are shared by all mohammedans.This makes them all unfit to live in civilized society.It might be mental illness that causes the actual attacks on the innocent, but it is the lack of reason and rejection of reality that makes one a concrete-bound mentality and thus susceptible to evil mystical beliefs.

[Boogieman]

Yeah, but he’s got great hair and bone structure, so we should really pay attention to his opinion! /s

[Boogieman]

I take you aren’t familiar with Karl Pilkington?

[eddie willers]

I take you aren’t familiar with Karl Pilkington?

That little round head is a hoot.

His screenplay with Clive Warren starring had me in tears.