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Here is more about the

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:40:58 +0000

Here is more about the production of the movie.

http://www.onthemedia.org/blogs/on-the-media/2012/sep/12/religious-refer...

Thanks. Curiouser and

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:07:44 +0000

In reply to The film producers name, Sam

Thanks. Curiouser and curiouser. I hope we get the complete, accurate, skinny on all involved. Goldberg might have his facts right but I never trust his evaluation.

The film producers name, Sam

rmrd0000 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:28:03 +0000

In reply to Mitt Romney: Unfit to Be President

The film producers name, Sam Bacile, sounds close to "imbecile". The name is probably a pseudonym. Bacile may not be Israeli, but a Christian Evangelical

That is interesting. I've

tmccarthy0 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:35:39 +0000

In reply to Pastor Terry Jones is one

That is interesting. I've been at work an didn't know the developments. That guy should be deported, immediately.

But that's just what I would do.

Pastor Terry Jones is one

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:17:50 +0000

In reply to His name is Pastor Terry

Pastor Terry Jones is one person, hardly the entire gang responsible. I have read that he has been promoting the film, hardly surprising, but there are plenty more.

The anti-Islam film was written, directed and produced by an Israeli real estate developer living in California, Sam Bacile. He claimed, in an interview with Haaretz, that the film "cost $5m to make and was financed with the help of more than 100 Jewish donors". Its purpose, as described by the Israeli newspaper, was to show that "Islam is a cancer" and to provide a "provocative political statement condemning the religion". It's hard to believe that the film – which is barely at the level of a poorly rehearsed high-school play – required $5m to make, but the intent seems clear: to provoke Muslims into exactly the sort of violent rage that we are now witnessing.

His name is Pastor Terry

tmccarthy0 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:07:52 +0000

In reply to OK, I have now seen where the

His name is Pastor Terry Jones, he was exposed yesterday, but was also a man who lead a Koran burning in Florida.

It just could have been

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:00:07 +0000

In reply to I have no doubt about the

It just could have been worded better.

Am I to accept being put in the position of calling the statement perfect in order to defend it as a good and proper statement?

The American Government and the vast majority of Americans despise the denigration of any religion.

I see the American government using propaganda to denigrate any damned person, government, or organization they choose to whenever it suits their [often misguided] purpose. I think most of the sentient, informed, clear thinking people of the world see it too.

I estimate that about 60% of the American people are completely comfortable denigrating the religion of 'others'. Consider your own many comments about the right wing fundamentalist of our own country's dominant religion.

I have no doubt about the

Richard Day — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:39:05 +0000

In reply to The way I see it is that

I have no doubt about the purpose of the messaging.

It just could have been worded better.

The American Government and the vast majority of Americans despise the denigration of any religion.

America disavows the actions and statements of the few who would denigrate and debase Islam.

But in America free speech is as sacred as freedom of religion.

Our government disavows any attempt of a few radicals who would abase the Great Prophet Mohammed!

I don't know. Something like this.

Further clarification, the

rmrd0000 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:26:29 +0000

In reply to The tweet was sent out before

Further clarification, the people who attacked the embassy don't care if you agree with the movie or not. They were out for blood. The majority of the population in the city did not cause the attack. Since the people who did the attack won't accept an apology. You make clear that a movie is not something punishable by death

The way I see it is that

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:21:28 +0000

In reply to The way I read this

The way I see it is that someone in the embassy, someone on a diplomatic mission, was not interested, in that particular situation, in lecturing anyone in the Middle East about how we respect freedom of speech in the United States. Instead, as diplomats, they were trying to mitigate the deliberately intended harmful effects of a bunch of jerks who abused their freedom of speech in the united States by creating hate speech with the intent of arousing hateful feelings in Muslim countries. I think that is why they were tweeting.