The ones who are so murderously offended as to scream for heads to roll need to relax. Quit making it so easy for others to push your buttons. Sign up for anger management classes. This Egyptian blogger gets it.
I found this at Michael Medved‘s fanblog, and thought it was pretty good:
It’s just ink.
Imagine. A man stands before you in a boardroom, holding an inkwell.
“With this little jar of black liquid, I can make images that can get me fired, write words that will get me arrested. I can incite hate, and I can make pictures that would cause me to be executed in some countries. I can create international incidents.
“I can also leave a lasting legacy. I can inspire my children and others to attempt new things and change the world. I can make testimonies and promises to the world I will no doubt leave behind one day.
“With ink like this, Bibles, Torahs, Baghavad Gitas and Korans are printed. Millions file past old parchment in the national archives just to glimpse the ink put down two centuries ago outlining our freedoms.
“Don’t let it go to waste. But never let it become more important than another liquid: never let it become more important than blood.”
Right now, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, and other Muslim nations are demanding that the Danish government punish a private newspaper for printing 12 drawings of Mohammed (the prophet of Islam). Furthermore they are demanding Danish laws and UN resolutions that would forbid such “offenses” from occuring again. Ambassadors have been recalled. Flags are being burned. Threats of death are being made. This is an international incident.
It’s ink.
It’s just ink.
A former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class), where he also competed rings for the UCLA mens gymnastics team. The events of 9/11 woke him from his political slumber and malaise. Currently a personal trainer and gymnastics coach.
The wordsmith has never been to Nantucket.
