Why would any civilized person want to apologize to herds of religious savages?

Hat tip to Cox and Forkum for the cartoon. You can read their related commentary and links HERE. They have many good related links, here is a sample of some:

From FoxNews: Pope Says He's 'Deeply Sorry' for Reaction to Islam Speech.

Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that he was "deeply sorry" about the angry reaction to his recent remarks about Islam, which he said came from a text that did not reflect his personal opinion.

Despite the statement, protests and violence persisted across the Muslim world, with churches set ablaze in the West Bank and a hard-line Iranian cleric saying the pope was united with President Bush to "repeat the Crusades."

An Italian nun also was gunned down in a Somali hospital where she worked, and the Vatican expressed concern that the attack was related to the outrage over the pope's remarks.

Benedict sparked the controversy when, in a speech Tuesday to university professors during a pilgrimage to his native Germany, he cited the words of a Byzantine emperor who characterized some of the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam's founder, as "evil and inhuman."

On Sunday, he stressed the words "were in fact a quotation from a medieval text which do not in any way express my personal thought."

Apologise? What for? And to whom: herds of religious savages? I say, if the shoe fits, they can wear it. And apparently, they are all too eager to demonstrate that not only does the shoe fit; they are the worlds leading manufacturer and distributor of that particular kind of shoe:



Interestingly enough, a real life "Phil" really did suggest that Muslims protest against terrorism, not criticism: Stand With Pope Benedict XVI by Phil Orenstein. An excerpt:

But where is the Muslim outrage at the violence, the firebombing of churches, the cold-blooded murder of a Nun, the rampages in the name of Allah over the forthright words of the Pope? Where is the outrage at Iranian president Ahmadinejad’s statement to "wipe Israel off the map" or Nasrallah along with top clerics throughout the Middle East chanting the war cry "death to America?"

If so-called moderate Muslims living in America and the free world wish to appear as all good people of faith whose beliefs can civilly mesh with reason and moderation rather than violence and extremism, they must stand in solidarity with the Pope together with Jews and Christians, although they may dispute his statements. If they cannot mount a show of solidarity, strong enough to confront the radical instigators of Muslim wrath and vengeance toward those who express opinions which may not be to their liking, then theirs is not a faith but an ideology of hate and intolerance that must be condemned as an assault against American ideals and those of all free peoples. They must stand up and make that choice if they are to remain as participants in a civilization that protects the free speech and religious liberties of all.

(bold emphasis mine) Enough is enough. These throw-backs to the 7th century care not at all about free speech and religious liberties for all. Even liberals ought to understand that extending tolerance to the completly intolerant is suicidal. But all too often, the Western left, in their eagerness to embrace all things anti-Western, support even those who would destroy Western liberals.

Where the heck is OUR outrage?



Related Links:

The Islamic Question; A Catholic Essay

Sharia Law is Politically Correct;
Pope Benedict Isn't

Is Islam compatible with a free society?

The truth about Sharia based societies

The Moral Victory of The Pope