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In reply to the discussion: Not liking an offensive movie is not an excuse to riot and kill people. [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)I doubt it. They were incited to riot not by the film but by some Muslim fanatic who told them about the film and riled them up.
I had never heard of this film until the rioting occurred.
There are probably films that ridicule some of my own favorite, even sacred, beliefs. I don't riot over it.
The fault for the riots and the killing lies solely with the rioters and the leaders and immediate instigators of the riots.
We live in the 21st century.
I hate to think how the rioters about this film in Muslim countries ridicule those who do not believe in their religion.
I hate to think how the kinds of people who riot over this film in Muslim countries ridicule and hate Jewish people.
People of the ilk of the rioters exist everywhere -- even here. There is no excuse for killing someone over a film or because of their religious beliefs or their culture. No excuse whatsoever. And especially no excuse for inciting ignorant people to kill out of hatred in this way.