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homebroker@sbcgl
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 Posted - 11/04/2009 : 12:30:33 PM
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OK to Destroy Christian or other religious landmarks....
For “2012,” Emmerich set his sites on destroying the some biggest landmarks around the world, from Rome to Rio. But there’s one place that Emmerich wanted to demolish but didn’t: the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure located in the center of Mecca. It’s the focus of prayers and the site of the Hajj, the biggest, most important pilgrimage in Islam.
“Well, I wanted to do that, I have to admit,” the filmmaker told scifiwire.com. “But my co-writer Harald [Kloser] said, ‘I will not have a fatwa on my head because of a movie.’ And he was right.”
Emmerich went on: “We have to all, in the western world, think about this. You can actually let Christian symbols fall apart, but if you would do this with [an] Arab symbol, you would have … a fatwa,
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http://conservativepapers.com/index.php/2009/11/04/2012-director-afraid-to-mock-destruction-of-mecca/ |
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cspatmon
5364 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2009 : 12:39:21 PM
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| Fear...fear...Fear..fear..fearful are not concerns of the fearless but those of cowards!!! |
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carriemaese
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 12:45:55 PM
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I agree with him. I wouldn't do it either. There are christians and other religions that would be "upset" with you but nothing compares to what would happen if they did that to an islamic symbol, is that the correct term?
sorry I edited because I reread what I actually posted above. |
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darkstar
26266 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2009 : 12:56:33 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by cspatmon
Fear...fear...Fear..fear..fearful are not concerns of the fearless but those of cowards!!!
Cowards?...
Tell that to the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten:
"""Various clerics issued fatwas calling for the death of the twelve cartoonists, and a Pakistani cleric even put a US$1 million bounty on their heads.""" |
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homebroker@sbcgl
7371 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2009 : 1:28:17 PM
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| I hear the Dutch politician Geert Wilders whom complied the movie FITNA has to sleep the jail cells (for his own protection) and have 24 hour protection after his anti-Islamic movie. |
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Quicksilver
5940 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2009 : 2:05:12 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by cspatmon
Fear...fear...Fear..fear..fearful are not concerns of the fearless but those of cowards!!!
Ummm huh?!?!? Sorry but thats one religion I wouldn't **** with, bunch of nut jobs. They've killed people for less, hell don't you remember the issues with the cartoon? I guarentee if he had blow up the Kaaba he'd pry have a hit put out on him or crew etc.
It's not being cowardly, its being smart when your dealing with a bunch of nut job fanaticals. |
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