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"gratutiously offensive act?
Reader comment on item: A Muhammad Cartoon a Day
in response to reader comment: Talk the Talk, but can you back it up
Submitted by Tilly Belzak (United States), Sep 24, 2012 at 20:11
Daniel says tearing up a Koran would be a "...gratuitously offensive act." That seems like a perfect act for a 'perfectly offensive" , yea vile, book. There are dozens of examples of hate speech in the Koran. In fact it may be the preeminent example of 'hate speech' in the entire world. Tear away people.
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| 1 | Muslims need to be told to discipline themselves [193 words] | Prashant | Dec 29, 2022 18:13 | 290391 | |
| 1 |  And we need leaders who will say exactly that [205 words] | Jeff | Dec 30, 2022 20:11 | 290391 | |
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| 1 | Two less Jihadis [195 words] | dhimmi no more | May 9, 2015 12:45 | 223263 | |
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| 3 | In memory of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and this time spin doctors that have no shame [206 words] | dhimmi no more | May 8, 2013 13:03 | 205881 | |
| 3 | In memory of Ambassador Christopher Stevens: talking points and the useful idiots revisited [129 words] | dhimmi no more | May 11, 2013 10:38 | 205881 | |
| 2 | In memory of Ambassador Christopher Stevens: Sarah Chayes is a hypocrite [111 words] | dhimmi no more | May 12, 2013 07:58 | 205881 | |
| Hats off to radical islam, they have silenced many. [49 words] | Phil Greend | Jan 17, 2013 02:28 | 202639 | ||
| 1 | I suggested this a year ago [97 words] | Fred Baehr | Oct 23, 2012 22:48 | 200026 | |
| 2 | Thanks a million insults [40 words] | angry ant | Oct 1, 2012 10:51 | 199338 | |
| 1 | Thanks a million [235 words] | Sonic | Sep 29, 2012 05:04 | 199273 | |
| 4 | One Muhamad Cartoon a Day [168 words] | Prashant | Sep 28, 2012 01:17 | 199250 | |
| 1 | Muhammed cartoons [47 words] | Ken Truhan | Sep 28, 2012 20:59 | 199250 | |
| 1 | the truth about muhammad [96 words] | jilo | Feb 23, 2013 03:22 | 199250 | |
| Daily Insult [168 words] | Howard Brown | Sep 27, 2012 14:27 | 199235 | ||
| Flooding [31 words] | freddie | Sep 26, 2012 02:21 | 199189 | ||
| 1 | muslim hypocrisy [148 words] | Dan | Sep 24, 2012 14:34 | 199074 | |
| It wouldn't work [71 words] | Stephanie Brent | Sep 24, 2012 09:46 | 199050 | ||
| You've no idea [68 words] | angry ant | Oct 1, 2012 10:38 | 199050 | ||
| 2 | Picking on Muhammed and the Koran Is Foolhardiness and Cowardess [301 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Sword of God | Sep 24, 2012 06:02 | 199037 | |
| 11 | Factually incorrect [347 words] | Zahir | Sep 24, 2012 17:56 | 199037 | |
| 1 | Inspiration for Jihad [26 words] | Edward | Sep 25, 2012 03:00 | 199037 | |
| 2 | Get back to AD630 [55 words] | angry ant | Oct 1, 2012 10:44 | 199037 | |
| 2 | Yes, Mohammed is still dead and buried [289 words] | Diva not dhimmi | Oct 3, 2012 00:43 | 199037 | |
| You are going the wrong way [26 words] | mohammed hadidi | Sep 24, 2012 05:54 | 199036 | ||
| 1 | Get used to it [15 words] | angry ant | Oct 1, 2012 10:49 | 199036 | |
| 1 | That is funny! [59 words] | Bryan Poulin | Sep 24, 2012 00:38 | 199027 | |
| 2 | Taking it to the Limits One Last Time [78 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Sep 23, 2012 19:31 | 199018 | |
| Look at how the Far Left interprets Dr. Pipes' article "cartoon a day'" [25 words] | Ron Gerskup | Sep 23, 2012 16:24 | 199016 | ||
| A cover for an assassination [123 words] | Nota Dhimmi | Sep 23, 2012 10:29 | 199008 | ||
| a cartoon a day [275 words] | fred debros | Sep 23, 2012 09:18 | 199004 | ||
| todays WSJ (9-24) chimes in on that issue [59 words] | fred debros | Sep 24, 2012 08:59 | 199004 | ||
| Muhammad cartoon [13 words] | Steven L | Sep 23, 2012 02:08 | 198996 | ||
| 2 | The rationalization is incomprehensible [163 words] | Stas | Sep 23, 2012 01:22 | 198994 | |
| The provocateurs will not get tired [30 words] | Linda | Sep 22, 2012 22:55 | 198992 | ||
| 1 | not far enough [116 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Charles Stevens | Sep 22, 2012 19:22 | 198987 | |
| ...And what about all non-Muslims? [77 words] | D Zarov | Sep 28, 2012 22:03 | 198987 | ||
| ... the main issue [192 words] | Charles Stevens | Oct 3, 2012 22:06 | 198987 | ||
| ... ignorance of Muslims (!!!!) [71 words] | Murat Kelkit | Sep 22, 2012 17:19 | 198982 | ||
| Unintended Side Effect [43 words] | Neville | Sep 22, 2012 13:51 | 198979 | ||
| I have a much better idea [67 words] | KP | Sep 22, 2012 10:02 | 198975 | ||
| 1 | What about those who will die? [116 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Karin | Sep 22, 2012 09:55 | 198974 | |
| Stand up against tyranny [61 words] | Jack Willisms | Sep 22, 2012 09:40 | 198972 | ||
| Islam cartoons very acceptable to me [31 words] | Dwight | Sep 22, 2012 08:34 | 198969 | ||
| I agree [23 words] | JR | Sep 24, 2012 17:51 | 198969 | ||
| 1 | I like the daily Muhammed cartoon idea [383 words] | Richard Stoecker | Sep 22, 2012 07:55 | 198968 | |
| 1 | Perhaps Different Ways of Expressing our Opposition to Islamic Extremism [199 words] | Sara L. | Sep 22, 2012 07:16 | 198965 | |
| 13 | In Memory of Ambassador Christopher Stevens [446 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 22, 2012 07:04 | 198964 |
| Bro [62 words] | Botros Arsany | Sep 24, 2012 10:13 | 198964 | ||
| 1 | Another victim of Arabian imperialism [149 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 25, 2012 07:31 | 198964 | |
| 2 | Our dear Botros Arsany is saying that there are grammatical mistakes in the Qur'an! I'm shocked! [154 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 25, 2012 08:02 | 198964 | |
| Dhimmi delusion [80 words] | Alain Bercovicci | Sep 26, 2012 09:25 | 198964 | ||
| 1 | Our dear Botros Arsany is saying that there are grammatical mistakes in the Qur'an! I'm shocked! part two [49 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 28, 2012 07:20 | 198964 | |
| 2 | No cajones... [18 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Dmitry | Sep 22, 2012 03:34 | 198961 | |
| I agree more than 100% [49 words] | Prashant | Sep 22, 2012 02:46 | 198959 | ||
| 2 | Islamic world must understand that US government has no control of what US people say [184 words] | Prashant | Sep 22, 2012 02:35 | 198958 | |
| Question for Daniel Pipes on how to gain knowledge [245 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mark Klow | Sep 22, 2012 02:25 | 198956 | ||
| 3 | We should "offend" Mohamed every day [123 words] | NuritG | Sep 22, 2012 02:24 | 198955 | |
| Wear T-shirts too [97 words] | Zahir | Sep 24, 2012 09:08 | 198955 | ||
| Absolutely the right idea -- with one flaw. [158 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Andy | Sep 22, 2012 01:05 | 198953 | ||
| Think of the others [28 words] | C Kalotaris | Sep 22, 2012 00:24 | 198949 | ||
| God bless you Dr. Pipes!! I've been waiting a long time to see this boldness! [32 words] | kman | Sep 21, 2012 22:32 | 198948 | ||
| 1 | Spreading the risk, Universalizing the message, Achieving solidarity [100 words] | Ron Thompson | Sep 21, 2012 22:31 | 198947 | |
| Bravo! [54 words] | Bryan Bessner | Sep 21, 2012 22:18 | 198945 | ||
| 1 | Provocations [255 words] | Kepha Hor | Sep 21, 2012 22:04 | 198943 | |
| One other thing: [105 words] | Kepha Hor | Sep 21, 2012 22:09 | 198943 | ||
| Taking it One Step Further [276 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ron Thompson | Sep 21, 2012 22:04 | 198942 | ||
| Great cartoon character...seems simple enough [38 words] | Franken Harpo | Sep 21, 2012 21:54 | 198940 | ||
| 2 | Just tell the Truth [139 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Sep 21, 2012 21:22 | 198939 | |
| Cartoon a Day [84 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mike | Sep 21, 2012 21:16 | 198937 | ||
| This was tried by Molly Norris [87 words] | Jack | Sep 21, 2012 21:04 | 198936 | ||
| Wrong Cartoon [52 words] | Larry Shoemaker | Sep 21, 2012 20:01 | 198935 | ||
| 2 | This option is only for secularists [80 words] | Henk Twerda | Sep 21, 2012 19:36 | 198933 | |
| "secularism" is negative, "humanism" is positive [72 words] | Kevin Bjornson | Sep 22, 2012 04:37 | 198933 | ||
| Nonsense, Henk Twerda [256 words] | SarahSue | Sep 22, 2012 20:29 | 198933 | ||
| Radical Muslims? [80 words] | stanley b | Sep 21, 2012 19:01 | 198931 | ||
| 1 | The reason it won't work [179 words] | sara | Sep 21, 2012 18:27 | 198929 | |
| Muhammad cartoon and the origin of Islam! [33 words] | Steven L | Sep 23, 2012 02:13 | 198929 | ||
| Hinduism mistaken for Islam? [43 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Darren | Sep 21, 2012 18:23 | 198928 | ||
| Existing does not make it right. [20 words] | Darren | Sep 21, 2012 19:43 | 198928 | ||
| 1 | No risk to anyone's life for beef hamburgers [70 words] | Prashant | Sep 22, 2012 14:30 | 198928 | |
| FYI I'm a "Hindu" but I find this least offensive [187 words] | Hrishi | Sep 23, 2012 02:05 | 198928 | ||
| Religious nut jobs would rule [84 words] | Sankar | Sep 24, 2012 08:20 | 198928 | ||
| 5 | THE VULGARIZATION OF MOHAMED'S PHOTOS [169 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | Sep 21, 2012 17:48 | 198925 | |
| Do the math [64 words] | Chamorr echad | Sep 23, 2012 10:16 | 198925 | ||
| VULGARIZATION + THE MATH [92 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | Sep 23, 2012 18:41 | 198925 | ||
| 1 | Yes [48 words] | George Batta | Sep 21, 2012 17:41 | 198923 | |
| 1 | BRAVO! [1 words] | Marie Ann | Sep 21, 2012 17:39 | 198922 | |
| 1 | Not So Sure [81 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Rebecca Ellen Moulds | Sep 21, 2012 17:31 | 198921 | |
| 5 | islam is not a religion [132 words] | Thomas | Sep 21, 2012 18:44 | 198921 | |
| Dhimmi [7 words] | SarahSue | Sep 22, 2012 20:33 | 198921 | ||
| 3 | A Mohammed cartoon A Day [17 words] | Vardit | Sep 21, 2012 17:26 | 198920 | |
| 7 | never compromise with Islamists about freedom of speech [162 words] | Jeff | Sep 21, 2012 17:16 | 198919 | |
| Freedom [113 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | jo | Sep 21, 2012 17:11 | 198918 | ||
| Great Suggestion [28 words] | Dave | Sep 21, 2012 17:03 | 198916 | ||
| Habituation [127 words] | Eben Spinoza | Sep 21, 2012 16:46 | 198913 | ||
| Agree 100% [104 words] | Jay | Sep 21, 2012 16:40 | 198912 | ||
| A Muhammad Cartoon a Day [146 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Nenette Grunberg | Sep 21, 2012 16:39 | 198911 | ||
| A Muhammad Cartoon a Day [36 words] | Jonathan | Sep 21, 2012 16:33 | 198909 | ||
| 1 | Crazy [21 words] | Bahi | Sep 21, 2012 16:32 | 198908 | |
| Condiments with the Sacred Cows [111 words] | David Sabghir | Sep 21, 2012 16:26 | 198907 | ||
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| 1 | medieval [68 words] | ilana krauss | Sep 21, 2012 18:11 | 198904 | |
| 2 | Agree 100% [48 words] | Nadia Ibrahim | Sep 21, 2012 16:15 | 198903 | |
| The mainstream media of our nation is a lost cause. Bought out by George Soros long time ago. [80 words] | kman | Sep 21, 2012 22:28 | 198903 | ||
| You had to have read my mind. [187 words] | Bert Hooks | Sep 21, 2012 16:10 | 198902 | ||
| 5 | THE MEANING OF THE WORD ISLAM [271 words] | rodney allsworth | Sep 21, 2012 15:55 | 198900 | |
| 1 | A blasphemy a day keeps the Islamists awry [8 words] | Richard Gordon | Sep 21, 2012 15:50 | 198898 | |
| Freedom at stake [64 words] | Akshay | Sep 21, 2012 15:43 | 198897 | ||
| Mohammad Cartoons and Video just a pretext [285 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Edward Cline | Sep 21, 2012 15:32 | 198896 | ||
| Buy stock in book companies! [20 words] | Abu Nudnik | Sep 21, 2012 15:31 | 198895 | ||
| Obvious course of action [109 words] | Sean | Sep 21, 2012 15:27 | 198894 | ||
| Best Idea EVER! [28 words] | Troy | Sep 21, 2012 15:23 | 198893 | ||
| Wholeheartedly agree [10 words] | Vijay | Sep 21, 2012 15:15 | 198892 | ||
| Not of hindu goddess [148 words] | oxymorn | Sep 23, 2012 15:28 | 198892 | ||
| How many bodies you can count over M.F. Hussain paintings [78 words] | Prashant | Sep 23, 2012 23:15 | 198892 | ||
| "oxymorn" [96 words] | Vijay | Sep 24, 2012 04:56 | 198892 | ||
| Not of hindu gods [40 words] | Oxymoron | Sep 25, 2012 13:14 | 198892 | ||
| to prashant [27 words] | Oxymoron | Sep 25, 2012 13:34 | 198892 | ||
| Apologists lose the sense of proportion and equality [146 words] | Prashant | Sep 26, 2012 00:51 | 198892 | ||
| Well put, Prashant [31 words] | sara | Sep 27, 2012 18:39 | 198892 | ||
| 1 | A cartoon a day! [54 words] | Leon Kushner | Sep 21, 2012 15:13 | 198891 | |
| 1 | A cartoon a day keeps the terrorists at bay [232 words] | Ron Gerskup | Sep 21, 2012 15:03 | 198889 | |
| 2 | A Lack of Will, or is it Courage [181 words] | EthanP | Sep 21, 2012 15:02 | 198888 | |
| 2 | WAY TO GO DANIEL [88 words] | Fred | Sep 21, 2012 14:40 | 198887 | |
| 1 | Jewish Star patches and MMWAS buttons [97 words] | Steven Ross | Sep 21, 2012 14:39 | 198886 | |
| 5 | A bold suggestion and a great idea [93 words] | sara | Sep 21, 2012 14:31 | 198885 | |
| Nazis called it Degenerate Art [32 words] | Edward | Sep 25, 2012 03:04 | 198885 | ||
| 2 | Yes! [4 words] | malka | Sep 21, 2012 14:26 | 198884 | |
| Talk the Talk, but can you back it up [68 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Joshua | Sep 21, 2012 14:20 | 198882 | ||
| Talk the Talk, but can you back it up [54 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Joshua | Sep 22, 2012 17:48 | 198882 | ||
| 2 | No fear,just fight it! [199 words] | Josef zuares | Sep 23, 2012 12:53 | 198882 | |
| The point is whether Islam can be reasonably criticized without violent retribution [71 words] | Prashant | Sep 24, 2012 01:25 | 198882 | ||
 "gratutiously offensive act? [55 words] | Tilly Belzak | Sep 24, 2012 20:11 | 198882 | ||
| 1 | Not as much as hebrew bible [87 words] | mo | Sep 25, 2012 13:31 | 198882 | |
| At least, muslims did not kill good people [41 words] | Take a look to Bible | Sep 25, 2012 13:50 | 198882 | ||
| 1 | Self-defense and not terrorism [524 words] | Ibn Warraq The repentant | Sep 25, 2012 14:21 | 198882 | |
| Therein lies the Rub! (the definition of defensive) [179 words] | sara | Sep 25, 2012 16:36 | 198882 | ||
| 4 | Which of the two doctrines is better? [131 words] | Prashant | Sep 26, 2012 00:26 | 198882 | |
| 2 | Ibn Warraq the repentant: Islam is all about how non-Muslims can save their lives and properties from Muslims [543 words] | Plato | Sep 26, 2012 12:25 | 198882 | |
| 1 | Ibn Warraq the repentant: Islam is all about how non-Muslims can save their lives and properties from Muslims [498 words] | Plato | Sep 26, 2012 12:49 | 198882 | |
| Bible burning, then? [21 words] | D Zarov | Sep 29, 2012 16:12 | 198882 | ||
| 1 | Burning the bible [213 words] | sara | Sep 29, 2012 21:39 | 198882 |
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