Thursday, August 23, 2007

Cnn and 3 segments

What do you think about the CNN series on terror?
One Rabbi wrote
"I see it as an attempt to say that all three religions produce
"warriors"
and terrorists, and one may not be singled out from the rest. Typical
for
CNN, in my opinion. The Muslim segment is IN BETWEEN the
Jewish and
Christian segments, lest we think they put the most egregious offenders
first or last. Something that won't be shown are the reactions from the
mainstream in each religion toward the extremists. The overwhelming
majority
of Jews publicly decry Jewish terrorism, and the same holds for
Christians
who generally wish those few extremists who have bombed abortion
clinics rot
in jail for life. But there could never be a report about how the
majority
of Muslims publicly denounce any and all terrorism Muslim terrorism.
Even
Carter said last night that while the actions of terrorists (Muslim and
any
others, he added) must be denounced, there wouldn't be any if it
weren't for
the settlements. Of course Amanpour could have taken the opportunity to
question why there is still terrorism emanating from Gaza where there
are no
Jewish settlements any more, but why make things difficult for Mr.
Carter?
Muslim extremists behead while shouting Allahu
Akbar. Then we could compare the beheadings done by Jewish extremists
and
Christian extremists. None"

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