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Regarding the "shouting fire in a theater" scenario, it is rather interesting that the producer of the film (purported to be of Israeli origin) has his anti-Islamist film (I believe it is a direct attack on Mohammed) translated into Arabic and released on the Internet on 9/11, and further that the anti-Islamist provocateur from Florida, "Pastor" Terry Jones (I emphasize pastor because I find his brand of Christianity certainly not Christ-like), he who burns Korans for publicity, pushes the film on his stream and offers up a 13 minute sequence of it on the net as well. Not condoning militant Islam (I despise religion, personally), but knowing their medieval tenets and their behavior patterns over the past several years (attacking us in Afghanistan for Jones' koran burning, assassinating a Dutch cartoonist, putting out a Fatwa on Salman Rushdie, etc.) it would seem to me that if I wanted to incite an immediate and violent reaction, that is exactly how I would do it.

 

I have not seen the film, nor do I intend to. Chances are very few of the Muslims protesting actually saw the film either (the film being heretical, after all), but like most religious zealots they follow blindly because religion has replaced logical thought processes and like sheep they herd with a mob mentality . It could be that, as recent reports indicate, that the attack on the Libyan U.S. embassy was planned by Al-Qaeda operatives (after all, what protesters bring rocket-propelled grenades to a peaceful protest?).

 

All in all it seems to be a provocative act made entirely to incite violence among ignorant people. Argue the variables all you wish. The producer of the film with the instigation/aid of a known provocateur decided to throw gasoline on a fire on a day of huge symbolic significance.