Billy,
I usually go on the Opeth boards, but I thought today, while at work, I would check out your Forum since I am a fan of MOD/SOD, not to mention your sense of humour.
Only last night me and my mate who live in Newcastle, UK were saying how much 'Fuck the Middle East' rings true over and over again. It's not even funny....
Anyway, being Brits we are quite pissed off about these ridiculous reactions, which once again demonstrate the backwardness of the said religion, and it's all over the papers here.
Islam cannot and never will be able to see this kind of thing as lighthearted as say the Christian would take an episode of South Park, which as we all know, takes the piss out of Jesus all the time...and for fuck's sake God is depicted as a fucking big hairy creature in one episode.
I'm no religious scholar, and don't know much about the Muslim religion, but what I do know is that it is intolerant towards anyone it would seem thesedays. In London we have had gangs of hardcore extremists (is there any moderation at all with these people???) parading signs in the street which say things like 'London, you will get your 9/11' and 'The enemies of Islam (IE: everyone) should be purged.'
Now, in light of the London bombings of last year I think we have a right to be quite worried about this. There are lots of immigrants in Britian today who are spreading hate. What I fail to understand is the lack of police response. Surely, if there is anything right in the world today, people who incite murder and hate our way of life should not be allowed to live in the country, or should be made an example of. Although, I do understand that the delayed police response at best is due to fear that making on the spot arrests could stoke the fires.
Either way, what I am trying to say is that religion has been made a mockery of since day one, and if people are always going to take things personally when it comes to religious beliefs, then we are fucked.
It is a FUCKING CARTOON. OK, it might be deemed disrespectful, but if this is the spark which will cause more large scale attacks on the West, then I have lost all hope for any integration whatsoever.
I'm sorry, but I cannot see how these extremists can use this purely uneducated and dogmatic approach to fuel a deep rooted hatred.
FREEDOM OF FUCKING SPEECH...
that is all