Of course, that wasn't really it. What happens in the Muslim world is that men whose interest is to seize power create an enemy where none exists. They do everything to stir people by proclaiming insults where no insult exists. This technique of Propaganda was developed to a high level by Dr. Joseph Goebbels for the support of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. Every would-be great leader uses the technique in order that ignorant people may recognize the leader's greatness as he leads them to war and/or destruction. The techniques of politicians seeking power don't vary much from culture to culture!
How do people in the Muslim world think we see them? We see men who act like fools, rioting, burning and destroying their own communities because someone told them some Infidel insulted the Prophet, or the Koran. They act foolishly without knowing whether the leader told them the truth or merely interpreted something in such a way as to stir the soup.
Then I wondered, how do they see us? Certainly they see us as very thoroughly involved in an utterly material world. Our values appear to be focused on things: autos, electronic toys, luxurious living. To them we appear to be fools led by leaders who create enemies where none exist and start wars to destroy those enemies.
I don't want to insult. Each party to this brouhaha proclaims his innocence and blames the other.
All this, however, reminds me of a quote attributed to the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen:
The trouble with the world is that I am no different.
If I were different the whole world would be changed.
If I were different the whole world would be changed.
