| 21. | Individuals hold government hostage : When Jones spoke of burning copies of the Koran in 2010, he received calls from no less than the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, the secretaries of defense and state, the attorney general, and the president of the United States, all pleading with him to desist. Last week, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff picked up the phone to chat with him. Never before could random individuals drive policy like this. French humorist Jean-Jacques Sempé drew a cartoon in 1989 capturing this reversal: as Rushdie is working furiously on his typewriter under the gaze of the fifteen policemen guarding him from Islamists, one Bobby yells into his walkie-talkie, “Close the airports!! He wants to write Volume Two!!!” If Rushdie never wrote a volume two, Jones returns repeatedly into the limelight. Governments want to clamp down on free speech : More ominous yet than the calls to Jones was the suggestion from the White House to Google , owner of YouTube, that it “review whether [ Innocence of Muslims ] violates their terms of use.” (Google kept it available except in four countries .) While arguments about the need to censor oneself so as not to stir the Islamist beast and jeopardize American lives may sound reasonable, such appeasement only invites more rage, intimidation, and violence.
हाल की हिंसा के चक्र में जो प्रदर्शन और हिंसा हुए वे सभी पश्चिमी भवनों के विरुद्ध ( कूटनीतिक, व्यावसायिक , शैक्षिक) अफगानिस्तान, बहरीन, बांग्लादेश, चीन, मिस्र, भारत,इजरायल, फिलीस्तीन अथारिटी, कुवैत,लेबनान, लीबिया,मलेशिया, मोरक्को, नाइजीरिया, पाकिस्तान, कतर, सूडान, सीरिया ( अमेरिका समर्थक विद्रोहियों सहित),ट्यूनीशिया, तुर्की तथा यमन सहित आस्ट्रेलिया, बेल्जियम , फ्रांस , जर्मनी और ब्रिटेन में हुए। अभी तक कुल 30 लोगों को अपने जीवन से हाथ धोना पडा है। ईरान और मिस्र की सरकारें उस फिल्म Innocence of Muslims निर्माता तक पहुँचना चाहती हैं , जिसने कि मुहम्मद विरोधी फिल्म यू ट्यूब पर प्रदर्शित की और उनके अनुसार जो कि हिंसा का कारण है।
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