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Play with Fire, and you will get burned
Reader comment on item: [Theo van Gogh and] "Education By Murder" in Holland
Submitted by Darius Mahdavi (Canada), Nov 17, 2004 at 23:39
When you play with fire you get burned. Making such a film without realizing the consequences is truly reckless.Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".
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| Brigitte you are My Hero [5 words] | Anonymous Fan | Jun 6, 2009 23:35 | 156917 | ||
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| [Theo van Gogh and] "Education By Murder" in Holland [290 words] | nnabsal | Feb 20, 2008 08:09 | 120595 | ||
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| comment [252 words] | karim | Dec 22, 2005 17:09 | 30422 | ||
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| 1 | The curse on mankind [152 words] | James | Nov 28, 2005 10:09 | 28914 | |
| Fake Advertising [149 words] | ashtray | Dec 29, 2005 05:55 | 28914 | ||
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| an open heart is required [188 words] | aza | Nov 7, 2005 07:07 | 27877 | ||
| My Dutch View [252 words] | Niek Bosch | Oct 22, 2005 03:42 | 27198 | ||
| the so called intellectuals provided their story [509 words] | WAZ | Jun 17, 2006 15:34 | 27198 | ||
| What about 9:123: Believers, make war on the infidels... ? [69 words] | George Nubie | Sep 10, 2006 10:43 | 27198 | ||
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| Against the Odds [198 words] | Grace Cannan | Jul 10, 2005 20:08 | 23310 | ||
| We are at a crossroad... [544 words] | Bruno Gissara | Jul 8, 2005 07:43 | 23207 | ||
| What I learned from Theo [328 words] | Nadia | Jul 6, 2005 23:08 | 23164 | ||
| This was a man of hate and ugliness [67 words] | A.G. | Jun 30, 2005 16:39 | 23051 | ||
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| I agree [8 words] | Jan | Apr 20, 2005 00:41 | 21732 | ||
| 4 | 'Arabs are taught hatred of Jews with mothers' milk.'.. journo Brigitte Gabriel [2127 words] | Adriana Stuijt | Apr 16, 2005 07:15 | 21693 | |
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| Muslim hate crimes and hostility to the West [286 words] | Info Tech Guy | Apr 7, 2005 23:20 | 21479 | ||
| Racism [123 words] | Sam | Mar 30, 2005 01:02 | 21235 | ||
| racist reply [264 words] | laurence | Aug 17, 2005 10:12 | 21235 | ||
| Just not enough [52 words] | Vishal V | Mar 26, 2005 04:17 | 21171 | ||
| Only one question [68 words] | A.Melih YÜKSEL | Mar 18, 2005 10:02 | 21053 | ||
| Another Western society as raw as always judgement [206 words] | M. Emrani | Feb 3, 2005 19:48 | 20096 | ||
| Anyone here read, "EURABIA: The Euro-Arab Axis" by Bat Ye'or [79 words] | GWK | Jan 11, 2005 10:45 | 19583 | ||
| I'm reading Eurabia [89 words] | Wileen Sheehan | Dec 3, 2009 07:05 | 19583 | ||
| How Real is the Threat? [701 words] | MMB | Dec 21, 2004 19:26 | 19091 | ||
| CAIR unresponsive to Theo van Gogh query [271 words] | R. Lutz | Dec 14, 2004 15:23 | 18991 | |
| Bouyeri picture not illegally published in the Netherlands [92 words] | Oscar Laurens Schrover | Dec 6, 2004 08:24 | 18870 | ||
| Tales from wonderful Copenhagen [559 words] | Oscar Laurens Schrover | Dec 6, 2004 08:06 | 18869 | |
| Theo Van Gogh: A Great Martyr [96 words] | Funk Soul Bruhva | Dec 5, 2004 23:05 | 18867 | ||
| There is no moderate Islam [83 words] | Richard (Toronto, Canada) | Dec 3, 2004 21:09 | 18844 | ||
| Crusades-21st Century style! [44 words] | Joe | Feb 11, 2006 15:02 | 18844 | ||
| WAKE UP! [232 words] | Joe Huntersixpackjesusfreak | Feb 15, 2006 00:52 | 18844 | ||
| stop the haterd [45 words] | Ahmed Aden | Feb 20, 2006 10:01 | 18844 | ||
| it's either them or us [51 words] | dan p | Nov 21, 2006 09:40 | 18844 | ||
| Have any of you read the Koran? [162 words] | James Carbonaro | Nov 29, 2006 13:21 | 18844 | ||
| Western leadership [117 words] | Don Van Sickle | Dec 3, 2004 12:06 | 18835 | ||
| Lawsuit against van Gogh film [88 words] | Oscar Laurens Schrover | Dec 2, 2004 06:35 | 18814 | ||
| Pressrelease by Ayaan Hirshi Ali, the dutch liberal parliamentarian who co-authored the controversial Film Submission [119 words] | Oscar Laurens Schrover | Nov 30, 2004 03:26 | 18710 | ||
| Islam, religion of peace [191 words] | Erico | Aug 7, 2008 12:29 | 18710 | ||
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| Islamists [14 words] | Fred | Feb 23, 2006 10:01 | 18692 | ||
| questions-- [57 words] | raf | Feb 26, 2006 21:04 | 18692 | ||
| See for yourself - View Theo's film [47 words] | Tos Caredtoname | Nov 28, 2004 18:50 | 18690 | ||
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| In Defense of the Mafia [217 words] | Merry | Nov 28, 2004 12:58 | 18683 | |
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| Compare Holland to India [61 words] | S.C.Panda | Nov 25, 2004 04:46 | 18619 | ||
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| 2 | Canada must wake up too [434 words] | Barry Kumar | Nov 23, 2004 01:23 | 18516 |
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| WORLD WAR 1V - The Battle of Holland. [283 words] | Mel Garden | Nov 17, 2004 12:22 | 18429 | ||
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| Like Mafia, like only one slice of the pizza... [137 words] | RPaine | Nov 17, 2004 10:09 | 18426 | ||
| Re: Mafia [17 words] | Shivkumar Singh | Nov 17, 2004 08:35 | 18424 | ||
| Liberals in Manhattan [57 words] | Leif Knutsen | Nov 17, 2004 08:10 | 18423 | ||
| To Mr. Knutsen [316 words] | David Wolf | Nov 17, 2004 14:53 | 18423 | ||
| End Islamist takeover [58 words] | Emanuel Kafes | Nov 17, 2004 08:05 | 18421 | ||
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| From a European [177 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 17, 2004 04:17 | 18418 | ||
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| Lookout! Olde Europe might issue a condemnation! [58 words] | Neal | Nov 17, 2004 00:20 | 18412 | ||
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| Combating Islamofacism [43 words] | Clifford Ishii | Apr 1, 2006 21:15 | 18411 | ||
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| Just another killing [160 words] | Donald | Nov 16, 2004 22:34 | 18408 | ||
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| Islamic Sensitivity Training -- a required course at Ohio State [300 words] | Joseph Martin | Nov 16, 2004 21:54 | 18406 | ||
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| Education by Murder [16 words] | Ted | Nov 16, 2004 16:55 | 18399 | ||
| They only understand force and retaliation [108 words] | Cheryl Mavrikos | Nov 16, 2004 16:17 | 18397 | ||
| Theo van Gogh and Margaret Hassan [209 words] | Romesh Chander | Nov 16, 2004 16:09 | 18396 | ||
| Identity of the Victim [203 words] | Robert Snider | Nov 16, 2004 15:28 | 18394 | |
| It is a simple problem [39 words] | Steve | Nov 16, 2004 15:12 | 18393 | ||
| 1 | I hope Europe will now understand Hindu reaction in Gujrat [215 words] | Romesh Chander | Nov 16, 2004 15:11 | 18392 | |
| Let the replication begin! [43 words] | Timothy Jones | Nov 16, 2004 14:37 | 18391 | ||
| In praise of artistic freedom [71 words] | Linda Salzman Sagan | Nov 16, 2004 14:06 | 18390 | ||
| Islamist Threat [138 words] | Marcos Berenstein | Nov 16, 2004 13:47 | 18389 | ||
| It's about time! [23 words] | Monty Pogoda | Nov 16, 2004 12:38 | 18388 | ||
| Kill a plumber and it's nothing... [28 words] | Howard Veit | Nov 16, 2004 12:34 | 18387 | ||
| Mafia-like intimidation does not work in the modern era. [59 words] | A. Kafir | Nov 16, 2004 12:20 | 18386 |
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