tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post5281589678068189584..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Obama's Latest ApologyStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-81338665910102541842012-02-26T07:51:25.798-08:002012-02-26T07:51:25.798-08:00Thank you for the clarification... your points are...Thank you for the clarification... your points are well taken...Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-50873188373766471132012-02-26T07:26:43.778-08:002012-02-26T07:26:43.778-08:00"Under normal circumstances if you are angry ..."Under normal circumstances if you are angry with someone and he apologizes, your anger will dissipate."<br /><br />I think you need to add something to this: <b>in Western culture</b> and under some circumstances, an apology is usually sufficient to dissipate anger. Islamic culture is not Western culture. <br /><br />I'd also note that a simple apology is often not enough even in Western culture. When material damage has been done, material recompense is usually required. If the wrongdoer doesn't offer recompense on his own, we have courts to force him to. <br /><br />But that's a quibble, offered mainly to show "things aren't always as simple as they look." For the most part, I agree that the rioting in Afghanistan is far out of proportion to the actual offense - if indeed any offense was committed at all. At least one account I've heard says that no offense was committed, that the Army was doing the right thing under Islamic law. According to that version of events, the Korans in question had been defaced by others writing in them, and burning is the prescribed method of disposal for a defaced Koran.wolfwalkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-5897986700064799582012-02-24T18:04:26.205-08:002012-02-24T18:04:26.205-08:00Islam is a religion with imperial ambitions. Afte...Islam is a religion with imperial ambitions. After conquering and controlling so many nations and subjugating so many people, they continue to seethe since their efforts failed in Europe, India, Russia, etc. Having failed in their military campaigns, they have found that subversion from within is effective, especially when aided by insiders who share a sympathetic ideology.<br /><br />It's interesting that Obama did not demand an apology for the two murdered soldiers under his command. Apparently, their lives are worth less than a few Korans.<br /><br />There is also the outstanding matter of several thousand destroyed bibles in 2009. Obama has not apologized for their desecration. And yet the Christians did not run amuck. Not in America and not anywhere else.<br /><br />It would seem that the principles engendered by each faith are not equivalent.<br /><br />As for Obama, it's not clear what faith influences his principles.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-83085013182266200262012-02-24T13:59:57.491-08:002012-02-24T13:59:57.491-08:00Everybody's brother is an other?
dbEverybody's brother is an other?<br /><br />dbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-9098115105489109282012-02-24T12:24:09.747-08:002012-02-24T12:24:09.747-08:00I suspected that there was something similar in th...I suspected that there was something similar in the Quran... but, isn't it interesting that it is about brothers, not about others or neighbors?Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-90845246336569884342012-02-24T12:18:43.689-08:002012-02-24T12:18:43.689-08:00i think there is a variation of the Golden Rule in...i think there is a variation of the Golden Rule in Islam: <br />"Not one of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself." - <br />The Prophet Muhammad, 13th of the 40 Hadiths of Nawawi. <br /><br />Dan B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com