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The other side is not a monolitic society
Reader comment on item: Post-Mortem on the Muhammad Protests
in response to reader comment: Clash of civilization vs. bigotry
Submitted by realityCheck (United States), Oct 7, 2012 at 00:10
From a Liberal Arab perspective it is a choice between a semi-benevolent dictator who beats you with a stick, or a religious fanatic who puts your eye out with it.
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| 5 | The New York Times and the truth [393 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 16, 2012 14:30 | 199859 | |
| 5 |  The New York Times and the truth the Muhammad and Khadija scene revisited [273 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 17, 2012 09:41 | 199859 | |
| Muslims pick up the bait [57 words] | slayhy | Oct 9, 2012 13:10 | 199640 | ||
| 11 | Slayhy should stop pointing fingers at others [57 words] | Prashant | Oct 10, 2012 00:02 | 199640 | |
| 9 | Islam and its followers are the real victims of the biggest lie in mankind history [112 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 16, 2012 14:35 | 199640 | |
| 2 | Showing videos to stir up riots [75 words] | SJosh | Oct 8, 2012 13:34 | 199582 | |
| 5 | Islam doesn't fit into the New World Order [154 words] | Wallace Edward Brand | Oct 7, 2012 18:12 | 199562 | |
| 1 | Indeed it does [80 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Oct 17, 2012 08:51 | 199562 | |
| 6 | Post mortem [1090 words] | Bishop Gabrielle Crofts OCC | Oct 7, 2012 08:55 | 199547 | |
| 6 | Cell will be the tool that will change Islam [113 words] | Prashant | Oct 5, 2012 00:18 | 199503 | |
| I hope you're right. [32 words] | EthanP | Oct 6, 2012 16:15 | 199503 | ||
| 5 | Forcing religion on others [90 words] | Ciacg | Oct 3, 2012 20:56 | 199452 | |
| 3 | Samuel Huntington "Clash of Civilizations" [18 words] | Fred R. | Oct 3, 2012 15:22 | 199435 | |
| 1 | cartoon on subject of your post-mortem article [1 words] | Mark James | Oct 3, 2012 14:17 | 199434 | |
| 10 | So, if the video mattered... [603 words] | Peter Herz | Oct 3, 2012 05:41 | 199426 | |
| 5 | Islamic anger [170 words] | April | Oct 3, 2012 21:51 | 199426 | |
| 3 | reciprocity [38 words] | daniel | Oct 3, 2012 01:07 | 199422 | |
| 2 | Clash of civilization vs. bigotry [31 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Salomon Mizrahi | Oct 2, 2012 22:44 | 199419 | |
| The comments I have read mostly point in the direction of a book [11 words] | Jon, a Brit in Euroland | Oct 6, 2012 07:55 | 199419 | ||
 The other side is not a monolitic society [30 words] | realityCheck | Oct 7, 2012 00:10 | 199419 | ||
| 7 | Should we have spared the Nazis' feelings as well? [235 words] | lindamarion | Oct 2, 2012 19:06 | 199408 | |
| 6 | So much for globalism. [156 words] | batya dagan | Oct 2, 2012 18:22 | 199404 | |
| 15 | Islam at swords point! [43 words] | EthanP | Oct 2, 2012 18:53 | 199404 | |
| 4 | answer to Ethan. [30 words] | batya dagan | Oct 2, 2012 20:36 | 199404 | |
| 7 | I Completely Agree [193 words] | Arnold | Oct 2, 2012 21:56 | 199404 | |
| 4 | The irony of the Arab Spring [142 words] | sara | Oct 3, 2012 16:46 | 199404 | |
| AT ALL COST [75 words] | batya dagan | Oct 3, 2012 18:00 | 199404 | ||
| 1 | Pushed to the limit [39 words] | EthanP | Oct 3, 2012 20:44 | 199404 | |
| 10 | Eerily reminiscent of Animal Farm [128 words] | sara | Oct 2, 2012 17:07 | 199402 | |
| 6 | the effect of Sharia if not its legal implementation [203 words] | Ellyn Taylor | Oct 2, 2012 16:57 | 199401 | |
| ELIMINATE THE DEPENDENCY. [28 words] | Teresa R. Grace | Oct 3, 2012 16:09 | 199401 | ||
| Free speech or a duty to insult? [98 words] | ann farmer | Oct 2, 2012 16:25 | 199399 | ||
| 7 | Free speech for all! [57 words] | EthanP | Oct 2, 2012 18:24 | 199399 | |
| 3 | It is not the exercise of free speech that stirs the riots; it is the exercise of Sharia [119 words] | Ellyn Taylor | Oct 2, 2012 19:58 | 199399 | |
| 2 | Gap in the mindset [123 words] | Mad Max | Oct 2, 2012 22:08 | 199399 | |
| the freedom of freedom (to EthanP) [17 words] | ann farmer | Oct 3, 2012 17:05 | 199399 | ||
| 1 | free speaker or agent provocateur? (to Mad Max) [73 words] | ann farmer | Oct 3, 2012 17:11 | 199399 | |
| 1 | the reality of riot [32 words] | ann farmer | Oct 3, 2012 17:16 | 199399 | |
| 5 | No compromise on free speech [78 words] | EthanP | Oct 3, 2012 18:18 | 199399 | |
| 1 | Very well said (to EthanP) [18 words] | Prashant | Oct 4, 2012 00:23 | 199399 | |
| 2 | I promise to only do what's "right." [130 words] | Jeff | Oct 5, 2012 12:31 | 199399 | |
| 7th October 1571 [91 words] | ann farmer | Oct 7, 2012 15:00 | 199399 | ||
| So [102 words] | AEB | Oct 2, 2012 15:30 | 199397 | ||
| Scary effusions [10 words] | Jay Abouaf | Oct 2, 2012 15:16 | 199395 | ||
| 4 | Heating up indeed [177 words] | Darwin Barrett | Oct 2, 2012 13:55 | 199389 | |
| 7 | Not so much a minority [64 words] | EthanP | Oct 2, 2012 18:34 | 199389 | |
| 4 | Islamist & Western Morality Fundamentally Different [230 words] | JM Miller | Oct 2, 2012 13:44 | 199388 | |
| 4 | Not a Saint [62 words] | EthanP | Oct 2, 2012 12:44 | 199386 | |
| 7 | Thanks but no thanks [196 words] | Prashant | Oct 2, 2012 00:17 | 199361 | |
| Let's call a spade, a spade. [29 words] | Wallace Edward Brand | Oct 7, 2012 18:45 | 199361 |
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