lou said:
If someone named a bear John the Baptist and was threatened with a lashing, fine or prison because it insulted some peoples beliefs in christianity then yes I would most likely say its those crazy extreme christians. You can't say its not about religion when it so blatantly is. It doesnt matter if its one religious person or a thousand religious people, if they use their religion to incite hatred or this ridiculous situation with this teddy bear them I'm sorry but YES religion is to blame in my opinion!
Well I think thats pretty flawed thinking, if someone acts in the name of an ideology or religion or political movement in a violent manner than its the ideology thats at fault rather than the person? So because the IRA used terrorism as a tool it means that the thinking behind it i.e ending Northern Irelands status within the UK is the crime??? There are hundreds of other examples i could cite where the majority of people would not blame the religion/creed/philosophy. With that sentence there if you changed the word religion and put race, than thats okay? But i'm sure you cant choose you race right? Or that ones race doesn't incite this kind of reaction? Until you study Islam, or know Islam apart from whats on BBC news, the newspapers, some one you used to 'know' at school or some hate websites you dont know do you?
Not only is that completely unfair but its an opinion that i bet only extends towards muslims and their religion. But thats just my opinion...
BTW whether Muhammad is spelt either way its still the same name, its just transliteration