I hope it costs Richard L. Conner, Editor and Publisher, his job and his career. To apologize to ignorant bigots for offending them is pure cowardice.

thomps: ok, this is stupid but i can kind of see the complainers point: it's 9/11 and instead of having a front page article about various 9/11 observances (which the editor said was the planned front page for 9/12 - this is reasonable) they put ramadan observance coverage. it probably just seemed like a huge left-turn from what a lot of readers expected to see on the front page of the 9/11 edition of the paper.

also there are probably some bigoted assholes in the community.

Demanding we pretend Ramadan didn't end on 9/11 this year because of terrorism by an Islamic minority is like saying that we shouldn't celebrate Christmas because of Fred Phelps.

coco ebert: Why not spend some time pondering why America is more anti-Islam than it was, say, 7 years ago. That would be a more interesting conversation. Hint: it's not really about Islam.

Yep. It's because for all his faults, Bush was adamant about Islam, overall, being a religion of peace. Now there's a sekrit Mooslim in the White House, and he belongs to the wrong party, and to make things worse, the new Republican leaders (Palin, Gingrich, etc.) are stirring the pot instead of calming things down.

thomps:
no, it would be like if christmas took place on 9/11 and the newspaper's front page covered all christmas and didn't mention 9/11.

Well, now that 9/11 is the new republican Christmas, this is pretty much moot.


/"Pass me the yule Koran, son"

gameshowhost: What this country needs right now is Father Coughlin.

Well, we've already got Beck and Limbaugh on the radio.

BiblioTech: Somacandra: Perhaps those people need to learn that holy days in Islam and Judaism follow a lunar calendar and thus float compared to a Christian solar calendar.

Like the timing of Easter?

Last I checked, Easter was variable but in no way related to the lunar calender.

The comments on the actual story are comedy gold.

Fark religion...

/srly

GAT_00:
Demanding we pretend Ramadan didn't end on 9/11 this year because of terrorism by an Islamic minority is like saying that we shouldn't celebrate Christmas because of Fred Phelps.

It was the 9/9 this year. I think.

The Asian Tsunami occurred during Christmas on Boxing Day and will do every year. I propose every article written about Christmas should talk about it or else it will be deeply offensive.

I'm so sick of Middle America demonizing Muslims. As a self-avowed demon who worships Satan, I feel they should be demonizing me. But noooooo, no one cares about Satanism anymore, they're too worried about Islam. I want attention, you psychotic Christian jerks. Pay attention to me!

HAIL SATAN!

4chan Ambassador: coco ebert: Why not spend some time pondering why America is more anti-Islam than it was, say, 7 years ago. That would be a more interesting conversation. Hint: it's not really about Islam.

Yep. It's because for all his faults, Bush was adamant about Islam, overall, being a religion of peace. Now there's a sekrit Mooslim in the White House, and he belongs to the wrong party, and to make things worse, the new Republican leaders (Palin, Gingrich, etc.) are stirring the pot instead of calming things down.


Not to mention there's nothing like a good boogeyman to help bring people together and gain political influence.

"Nine years after 9/11, there is now a widespread belief that, for one religious group of law-abiding Americans, the boundaries of acceptable behavior are narrower than for everyone else. Yes, you have the right to worship. But it would be decent of you to do it somewhere else. Or on another day. Or in such a way that the rest of us don't have to know about it."

Hey now, I feel that way about all religions thank you

Came here for people deliberately confusing Portland, Maine with Portland, Austria. Leaving disappointed.

coco ebert: 4chan Ambassador: coco ebert: Why not spend some time pondering why America is more anti-Islam than it was, say, 7 years ago. That would be a more interesting conversation. Hint: it's not really about Islam.

Yep. It's because for all his faults, Bush was adamant about Islam, overall, being a religion of peace. Now there's a sekrit Mooslim in the White House, and he belongs to the wrong party, and to make things worse, the new Republican leaders (Palin, Gingrich, etc.) are stirring the pot instead of calming things down.

And if people studied up on American history, they'd know more about how minority groups fared in times of economic hardship.

No, no. We blame Mexicans for economic hardships. We blame Muslims for kicks.

America: So cheap now that we've decided to give it away for free. For the right people, we'll even pay you to take it from us. Such a deal!

Get it before its gone! Call it yours! Shape it any way you like: Its residents are freely malleable to whatever shape you wish them to take. They can even be trained to be outraged on behalf of your foreign beliefs with just one CNN report.

Never in American history has it been so easy to own and control America. Politicians are standing by at the phones to take your call. CALL NOW!

That apology truly marks a low point in American Journalism.

It's very, very sad.

ze_foster: America: So cheap now that we've decided to give it away for free. For the right people, we'll even pay you to take it from us. Such a deal!

Get it before its gone! Call it yours! Shape it any way you like: Its residents are freely malleable to whatever shape you wish them to take. They can even be trained to be outraged on behalf of your foreign beliefs with just one CNN report.

Never in American history has it been so easy to own and control America. Politicians are standing by at the phones to take your call. CALL NOW!

Are you part of the package we can ship them?

BackAssward: BiblioTech: Somacandra: Perhaps those people need to learn that holy days in Islam and Judaism follow a lunar calendar and thus float compared to a Christian solar calendar.

Like the timing of Easter?

Last I checked, Easter was variable but in no way related to the lunar calender.

Easter comes one week after Passover, a Jewish holiday, and the Jewish holidays follor a lunar calendar.

Also, I'd like to go ahead and say that anybody who wants to say that Islam is a fundamentally violent religion that wants to rule the world in this thread must absolutely include citations demonstrating that point and must also explore any counter arguments that may also be in the Koran.

Ikimasen:
Easter comes one week after Passover, a Jewish holiday, and the Jewish holidays follor foller a lunar calendar.

Yeah, that looks better.

Ramadan didn't end on 9/11/2001 but a vast number of Muslims around the globe were still celebrating for some reason.

Regardless of wether conspiricy theorists are right or wrong about 9/11, it is the single event that allowed the american people, the 'home of the free' to become, in less than a decade, one of the most oppressive, intollerant regimes in the world.

Heck, even iran allows christian churches but now americans are talking about banning mosques.

Whenever you say to yourself 'But x, y and z are to protect our freedom' you need to realise that terrorism never impaired your freedom in any way. Think about it.

Whenever you say that it is to protect yourselves from whoever then again ask yourselves is it worth it? America spends well over $300billion/year on anti-terrorism measures, and while to most people a sum that large has little meaning, if you assume that you have prevented an atrocity as large as 9/11 every single year for the last 10 years then the cost would be $100,000,000 per american life saved. I am willing to bet that if you spent even $10million/year on policing, safety improvements or simply healthcare you would save many american lives.

Not to count all the brave young men that have died in the name of 'protecting america'

Terrorism is about control, control of a nation through fear, just as the cold war was.

Time Ragazine gets a 1/10 for trolling.

They sneered at the Press Herald's desire to rectify their imbalanced reporting. What does that say about Time? The whole magazine has become an editorial

They pulled two examples of reader comments, one angry at the newspaper for running the feature on Ramadan, and one praising the coverage.

Guess which viewpoint Time chose that included a spelling error? ("Sic" oh so innocently highlighted in brackets.) I get it, people sharing a view unsympathetic to Ramadan on 9/11 are obviously dumb and unworthy. Nice, subtle warfare. Blat your yellow horn some more.

I didn't have to read far into the comments before the first pseudo-intellectual showed up with his little "jingoistic" pennant flag and propeller beanie. That's always a hilarious way the p.c. crowd tries to demonize anything patriotically tinged.

Time will be the next shiatepaper bought and sold for $1, just like Newsweek.

superfun111 2010-09-15 05:48:26 AM
I'm so sick of Middle America demonizing Muslims. As a self-avowed demon who worships Satan, I feel they should be demonizing me. But noooooo, no one cares about Satanism anymore, they're too worried about Islam. I want attention, you psychotic Christian jerks. Pay attention to me!

HAIL SATAN!

WEAKLY TAPS YOU WITH DOLLAR SHOP PAPERBACK BIBLE

tap tap tap tap tap
tap tap tap tap tap

Feel better now? :P

This is something to remember next time some bigot asks "HOW COME I ONLY READ ABOUT MUSLIM VIOLENCE? WHERE'S ALL THE NEWS ABOUT THE GOOD MUSLIMS, HUH?"

Because apparently whenever somebody publishes something that isn't about Muslims murdering people, you scream at them until they apologize and promise not to do it again, then use your own suppression of facts you find offensive for going against your fictional world-view to perpetuate your self-fulfilling prophecy, that's why.

I must admit, that's fairly elaborate. All this time I thought you hateful bigots were just lazy and lacked intellectual curiosity, making an argument from incredulity instead; if you don't see it, it must not exist.

Well, congratulations on building the Bond villain/Rube Goldberg unnecessarily elaborate logical fallacy, ladies and gentlemen. You have officially proven you aren't stupid by doing so, and have demonstrated you are instead outright malicious.

gameshowhost: What this country needs right now is Father Coughlin Major Houlihan.

FTFY

Stinkyy: I get it, people sharing a view unsympathetic to Ramadan on 9/11

Yes, Muslims should just throw out their 1400-year-old lunar calendar because of a national tragedy. Naturally there's a reasoned argument for that somewhere, and Time just chose to exclude it.

Also, apparently, shame on them for editorializing. In an editorial.

Stinkyy: Time Ragazine gets a 1/10 for trolling.

They sneered at the Press Herald's desire to rectify their imbalanced reporting. What does that say about Time? The whole magazine has become an editorial

They pulled two examples of reader comments, one angry at the newspaper for running the feature on Ramadan, and one praising the coverage.

Guess which viewpoint Time chose that included a spelling error? ("Sic" oh so innocently highlighted in brackets.) I get it, people sharing a view unsympathetic to Ramadan on 9/11 are obviously dumb and unworthy. Nice, subtle warfare. Blat your yellow horn some more.

I didn't have to read far into the comments before the first pseudo-intellectual showed up with his little "jingoistic" pennant flag and propeller beanie. That's always a hilarious way the p.c. crowd tries to demonize anything patriotically tinged.

Time will be the next shiatepaper bought and sold for $1, just like Newsweek.

Speaking of a 1/10 for trolling...

Ikimasen: BackAssward: BiblioTech: Somacandra: Perhaps those people need to learn that holy days in Islam and Judaism follow a lunar calendar and thus float compared to a Christian solar calendar.

Like the timing of Easter?

Last I checked, Easter was variable but in no way related to the lunar calender.

Easter comes one week after Passover, a Jewish holiday, and the Jewish holidays follor a lunar calendar.

Also, I'd like to go ahead and say that anybody who wants to say that Islam is a fundamentally violent religion that wants to rule the world in this thread must...

You don't get to say what people must do.

Five bucks said the author made it up, or at most received ONE letter.