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EDIT: interesting. Only one commenter seems to have noticed my repeated statements that the crime (a) was a crime, (b) was perpetrated by murderers, (c) should not have happened, et cetera et cetera. Apparently, not condoning either the cartoons or the murders is not an option. Sides must be chosen and nobody is excused. Oh well.
FURTHER EDIT: and when I said they were trying to start a war, this is what I was trying in my fumbling way to hint at. I think this writer is correct; the thing was done entirely to polarise people and "sharpen the contradictions," and I have seen too many on the net who seem all too willing to allow themselves to be polarised.
EDIT: interesting. Only one commenter seems to have noticed my repeated statements that the crime (a) was a crime, (b) was perpetrated by murderers, (c) should not have happened, et cetera et cetera. Apparently, not condoning either the cartoons or the murders is not an option. Sides must be chosen and nobody is excused. Oh well.
FURTHER EDIT: and when I said they were trying to start a war, this is what I was trying in my fumbling way to hint at. I think this writer is correct; the thing was done entirely to polarise people and "sharpen the contradictions," and I have seen too many on the net who seem all too willing to allow themselves to be polarised.