The great irony, of course, is that the main point of the movie is that Islam is a religion of intolerance and violence – and any number of Muslims have predicted or threatened violence to keep him from releasing it, thus effectively proving his point. If Islam were the “religion of peace” that some people claim it is, then there would be no need to fear riots and murder.
As others have said countless times in the past, not EVERY Muslim is a violent sociopath just waiting to lash out and destroy everything that isn’t holy and pure, but there is most certainly a significant radical aspect to the religion that promotes and provokes violence. And that’s something that should definitely be addressed rather than ignored – because simply hiding under the bed and trying not to offend Muslims isn’t going to accomplish anything.
If releasing this movie forces us to accept the facts and address the issues, I’ll consider it to be a great success. If it simply leads to more rioting, some people getting killed, and then getting brushed under the carpet and forgotten like Theo van Gogh and the Jyllands-Posten cartoon, then I’ll continue to lose what little faith I have left in the human race as a viable species. And then patiently wait for the new Dark Age that our collective ignorance is going to plunge us into in the very near future.
