tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post1570087450802693122..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: Comics roundupPeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-56148448956338350412008-02-15T17:02:00.000+00:002008-02-15T17:02:00.000+00:00Well, personally I'd end up dead before that happe...Well, personally I'd end up dead before that happened, but I agree: we are underreacting. <A HREF="http://freebornjohn.blogspot.com/2007/12/izlam.html" REL="nofollow">Izlamists</A> have declared war against us, and we should reciprocate. People in the middle east would agree with that, by the way. Follow the link two sentences back.Peter Risdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-73645759823481828572008-02-15T16:57:00.000+00:002008-02-15T16:57:00.000+00:00Fair enough, as I stand by every word I write and ...Fair enough, as I stand by every word I write and draw. And one word about us becoming like the enemy. We're not, and we can never be. But if we continue underreacting to this threat the way we have, we may very well one day become the enemy, on our knees facing Mecca.Bosch Fawstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395161566381602666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-31998647671888528342008-02-15T16:52:00.000+00:002008-02-15T16:52:00.000+00:00That's actually rather a measured response; I was ...That's actually rather a measured response; I was expecting something rather more vitriolic.<BR/><BR/>Yes, of course I've seen the sort of hate art that's common in the Middle East, and I've posted some of it here so others can see it too.<BR/><BR/>But in fighting this great evil, we must not become as bad as our enemies. I'm not suggesting you are as bad as they are, because you're not. But I stand by my post.Peter Risdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-19738300565207550152008-02-15T16:39:00.000+00:002008-02-15T16:39:00.000+00:00Thanks for the mention, but no thanks for the accu...Thanks for the mention, but no thanks for the accusation that my work is an incitement to murder. My work does not come out of a vacuum; I’m not just someone who woke up one day and felt like attacking ‘the religion of peace’. The Infidel was born the day that I saw my fellow Americans hurl themselves from burning towers as a less horrific way to die. And my artistic response to that horror has no doubt been colored by the fact that I come from a Muslim background. Have you seen the anti-Infidel art coming from the Muslim world? Have you seen the signs by non-terrorist Muslims holding placards in WESTERN countries LITERALLY calling for the death of those who insult Islam? Do you see the incitement to murder and Actual murder of non-Muslims by Muslims Every Single Day around the world? I will no doubt be accused of attacking Islam, but it's more precisely a Counter-Attack and I give as hard as I get, that is, as hard as my words and drawings can be. My work is a Response to the incitement to murder and to actual murder in the atrocities we see in the name of Islam carried out by Muslims. You're way out of line, my friend, but then so many of us are that you’re just typical. <BR/>I'd ask anyone who has an interest in finding out my full context, to visit my site and be his or her own judge about what my work is.Bosch Fawstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395161566381602666noreply@blogger.com