Monday, November 12, 2012

Is our value of "freedom of speech" more important than the Global considerations of other countries? Or should other countries recognize our values too?

On September 11, 2012 the assaults against the United States from the Arabian world took a turn for the worst. The mobs were set off by Egyptian media reports about the 14 minute trailer for the video, called "Innocence of Muslims", that was released on YouTube. Basically, this movie depicts the Prophet Muhammad as a womanizer, a homosexual, child molester and a greedy thug. Three Americans have been murdered, one was an American ambassador, American franchises & American flags are being burned all over the Middle East.
I don't believe that our value of freedom of speech is more important the Global considerations of other countries but, other countries need to recognize our value as well. The United States government should have  taken this trailer down as soon as they discovered it. If we want people to respect our values than we must also respect theirs. But, the way that the Arabian/ Islamic world has approached the situation is irrational and irresponsible. Instead of resorting to acts of violence they could have simply talked to us and made some sort of agreement for the US to ban the movie. "Three people were killed on Friday - two in Tunisia and one in Egypt- as protesters battle with police armed with tear gas and rubber bullet and who sometimes fired into the air to try ward off the demonstrators from American embassies." The fact that these people have resorted to murdering innocent people, to me, is outrageous  If they should be going after anyone it should be the people behind the film not people that had nothing to do with it. They ESPECIALLY should not kill people that serve this country. Because of the way they approached it I don't believe that the US should give them their way. They need to understand that the US didn't encourage the movie to be made, some disrespectful people made it. We should also find the people behind the murder of these innocent Americans and bring them to justice and make them realize what they have done. The US is the the only that needs to act upon this issue. The leaders of Arabia, or whomever is participating in this, should get the protesters to stop and then come make peace with the leaders of the US. I believe that the US should not stop protecting itself and its people. We should fight until these people reach some sense and act in the correct and humane way.

The picture below shows that this child's mind is being corrupt being corrupt by a stereotype that Americans don't like or don't respect the Islamic way of life. But, this is a lie because the freedom of religion is something that this country believes in. Its like raising an American child to believe that all Muslims are terrorists. It isn't right. These children have an innocence that should be kept for as long as possible.


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