Craven nonsense, Rum.
We don't give this sort of attention to violence by Christian groups, ay? Best not open that abortion clinic, because some nut jobs might want to bomb it. Timing could be better...
Best not release the movie Dogma, because Catholics are upset about it, right? Timing bad? It's a "provocation?" Not to worry -- we're not afraid of the Catholics because they're not blowing things up and suborning murder.
And, this isn't just my view, which you've come to expect. This is perfectly in accord with the comments made by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Sam Harris, both of whom have published articles stating unequivocally that the "timing" is irrelevant.
http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/on-t ... ginary-god and
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-ga ... 93278.html
The motivation doesn't matter. There are lots of horrid motivations -- like "Draw Muhammed Day" may well be motivated by a desire to deride Islam. What do we do with that knowledge? How does it change anything? Are we to delay "Draw Muhammed Day" because some (repeat -- some) Muslims might become violent about it? Choose a better timing?
Sheer nonsense, and counterproductive ultimately. When you give in at all into the wrongheaded and ridiculous claims of offense, you breathe life and strength into them. None of the statements about understanding their angst and deploring the insults to their religion made anything better. The jackasses who are rioting are only sent the message that their riots are justified. They are told they are correct, and that there is justification for being "offended" by this nonsense.
The reality is that there is no justification in what they are doing. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Not a little bit. Nothing to "understand" here. They're dead fucking wrong. Someone making a video or a cartoon that bothers the sensibilities of a religious person is no just reason for violence, and that needs to be rammed home.
