Friday, October 04, 2002
More to rant about, just now feeling up to the task..
I was watching Law and Order Wed night as I worked on my baptism paper. This American kid who became involved in fundamental Islam shoots this prof who would try and help abused women - often times from the Muslim community. Anyway, during his defense, when he deceides to defend himself because his lawyer (also Muslim - but "don't confuse his politics with my religion" kind of guy) would not defend him the way he wanted. So, his defense pretty much included all the atrocities the U.S. has committed against the Middle East and beyond. So, here we have information many people should know coming out of the mouth of a guy who's portrayed to be a crazy fundamentalist. Oh, and he's only into this fundamental Islam because he's afraid of women so being in a religion/community where they subordinate women is attractive. So these people who are not aware of the other side of the war against terror and Iraq debate - and it's so sad how many there are - will be hearing this facts first in this context. Though I don't know a great deal about the human mind, I do know that this will taint their perspective on the other side of the debate, even if just a little. Very disappointing for a show that usually does a great job at giving both sides an equal amount of respect and suspicion.
I was watching Law and Order Wed night as I worked on my baptism paper. This American kid who became involved in fundamental Islam shoots this prof who would try and help abused women - often times from the Muslim community. Anyway, during his defense, when he deceides to defend himself because his lawyer (also Muslim - but "don't confuse his politics with my religion" kind of guy) would not defend him the way he wanted. So, his defense pretty much included all the atrocities the U.S. has committed against the Middle East and beyond. So, here we have information many people should know coming out of the mouth of a guy who's portrayed to be a crazy fundamentalist. Oh, and he's only into this fundamental Islam because he's afraid of women so being in a religion/community where they subordinate women is attractive. So these people who are not aware of the other side of the war against terror and Iraq debate - and it's so sad how many there are - will be hearing this facts first in this context. Though I don't know a great deal about the human mind, I do know that this will taint their perspective on the other side of the debate, even if just a little. Very disappointing for a show that usually does a great job at giving both sides an equal amount of respect and suspicion.
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