Im writing today in response to the resent insanity of censorship, spiking all time global highs, due to the deep-seated aversion of certain middle eastern sects. Specifically wealthy Saudi Muslims, using the spineless British court systems and libel laws to push their religious views upon the global masses and take away our freedoms of speech, expression, and religious choice. At the center of the controversy is the powder keg of a country known as Denmark. Where some saw a community striving towards multicultural assimilation though satirical comedy, others construed flat out xenophobic racism. From Iran to Palestine a dozen crude comic strips were blown to the proportions of "Zionist Conspiracies" and "A world wide bid to fuel a clash between the Western and Muslim worlds".
The truth of the matter is, unflattering and offensive cartoons, caricatures, and comic strips depicting religious and political leaders have been in print since the dawn of the 18th century. Their goal is to humorously provoke the reader into questioning and reflecting on said subject, in a quick, [mostly] fun spirited manner. However in the past five years the subject of self-cencership in mass publication has led to several threats on peaceful societies and a handful of deaths at the hands of these Aniconistic radicals. These Islamic groups view the depiction of their profits as a major sin; as blasphemes, iconoclasm and Idolatry [Including most Sunni Islamic practicers and the Islamic Circle of North America]. These groups interpret the book of the Shariah [or the "Way"] to warrant death to those who participate in this form of "Sacrilege". When Afghanistan was under the control of the Taliban all televisions and works of art were destroyed and news papers were forbidden to print any pictures whatsoever. In the Hadith [the narrations of Muhammad for understanding the Qur'an] it states: "Those who paint pictures would be punished on the day of resurrection and it would be said to them breath soul into what you have created."
Understanding theses few facts about the Muslim community and Islamic religion, [as brief and vague as they may be] I make this modest proposal. We as free people can not allow radical theology to effect our democracy. The Muslim profit Muhammad is an abstract Despot similar to Hitler, that cant be mentioned in mainstream media because our government knows its easier to shelter an extremists feelings then the American Eastern SeaBoard. Precautions to keep our citizens and homelands safe have been exerted for the past nine years and they continue to grow and develop to meet the challenges of both our religious and secular nationalist militant oppressors. We know first hand that extremists of this caliber will take any opportunity they can to cause an upheaval and turn peaceful nations into chaotic badlands. At the same time we must remember that there are no wars being waged in our city streets over these censorship issues. The Islam practicing radicals that would give their lives to "Breath soul into what we have created" are an impoverished, undereducated, third world people, trapped thousands of miles away, with limited finances, communication, and transportation. Rather I believe we should be protecting this country from ourselves. America averages 15-18,000 homicides in a year alone [similar to that of a truculent eastern European state] and the number is constantly fluctuating and unpredictable. Imagine how many lives we could save if the military strong arm currently being used to keep the destitute middle east in check were instead used to protect the citizens of our most dangerous cities, [Detroit, Memphis, New Orleans ] and secure our boarders and places of special interest that pose the worst security risks.
Every time we censer print and broadcast out of pure intimidation its just another victory in the eyes of Islamic fundamentalism and the global personification of Lady Liberty sinks another inch deeper into the dark murky seas of tyrannic terrorism.
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