Dawn of the Geeks

I think this needs more commentary because I don’t think most people get the real lesson learned from Newsweek. The media just keeps droning on about jounalistic integrity completely missing the larger lesson. What they miss is that the story could just as well have been true. In fact, why don’t we just pretend it was for the sake of argument. Now, since we’re assuming a Koran was flushed down a toilet by what the militants call an ‘infidel’ let’s try to justify their response to it. Let’s try to justify at least 17 people dead over it. Are you done performing mental gymnastics yet?

From National Review
‘Minor indignities? How can you say something so callous about a desecration of the Holy Koran?’ I say it as a member of the real world, not the world of prissy affectation. I don’t know about you, but I inhabit a place where crucifixes immersed in urine and Madonna replicas composed of feces are occasions for government funding, not murderous uprisings. If someone was moved to kill on their account, we’d be targeting the killer, not the exhibiting museum, not the ‘artists,’ and surely not Newsweek.

The media should be focusing on what kind of culture allows this kind of mindless rampage over such a minor offense and be done harping on Newsweek for publishing fake stories. If they had published some story about a Bible being flushed down the toilet nobody would have flinched. It could have been a fake story as well but nobody would have died and so nobody would have cared to investigate.

I’m sure there’s some rationality in there somewhere but I’m having a heck of a time finding it. Turning on the news it’s either Michael Jackson, murdered and kidnapped children or Newsweek. In case you missed it Newsweek reported that *a* Qur’an was desecrated. The result was riots and about 17 dead. *A* copy of the Qur’an is flushed down the toilet and 17 people are dead because of it. Little Green Footballs had a picture of some guy holding a sign demanding an apology from President Bush. Sure thing buddy, as soon as the leaders Islam apologize for the murders of those who decided they didn’t care to be Muslim anymore and the arresting of people who dare to practice and preach Christianity and other religions to those around them.

Meanwhile, in April 2002 a Bible was used as toilet paper by Palestinians. And shock of shocks, no riots broke out over it. So while we’re on this apology streak, go ahead and put up a formal apology for desecrating Christian holy sites and relics. It’d be healthy for all who are actually responsible to apologize for being raving jerks and needlessly offending people.

The web-master of Forsake The Troops was murdered Monday evening for the idiotic things he posted on his site.

It’s absurd. If you want to quietly burst into flames in the privacy of your home because someone dared to say or do something you don’t like then fine. Going on a rampage and killing people is entirely irrational. It’s absolutely unbelievable what a rediculous reaction people will have to the destruction of *a* copy of *a* book. Uh oh I’m pretty sure somebody just threw away a bible or tore a page out of it to use to roll a joint (#888). I better go start a riot.

Absolutly rediculous. All this Newsweek story has accomplished is the death of people and the highlighting of how irrational some people are. And you can’t reason with unreasonable people. These people want the US to play nice with them but how can we when they’re this absurd? Hopefully Newsweek and other news agencies will finally get a clue that false reporting can have serious consequences. The death of 17 people is not an ‘oops.’ And hopefully more people will finally be aware of the type of people we’re dealing with in this war on terror.