![]() The executive director of the AFDI, Pamela Geller was quoted as saying "I will not sacrifice my freedom of speech so as not to defend a savages." It is this kind of short-sighted fulfillment of constitutional rights, without internalizing the potential consequences, that endangers the American way of life conservatives like Pamela Geller work so hard to protect. Its extremely disconcerting that this organization cannot see the fundamental flaws in this ad-campaign and have gone ahead despite the public outcry. We have already seen the reaction to the YouTube video in the middle east and now with these signs, it feels as though its only a matter of time before there is a reaction in New York City. The only purpose the ads serve is to potentially endanger the millions of innocent people that ride the subway every single day. ![]() The blowing up of a bus of Jewish women and children in Bulgaria." While these are undoubtedly abhorrent acts that deserve retribution, how do these ads do anything but exacerbate the situation? The answer: "they don't". The AFDI claims they are trying to protect innocent people from "the tens of thousands of rockets going into Southern Israel from Gaza. How simpleminded and obtuse can this organization possibly be? If these people are the "savages" you suggest, then how does publicly antagonizing them serve any purpose? The ads have been posted in the aftermath of violent reactions to an anti-Islam YouTube video that ridicules the Prophet Mohammed. Now to the main point of my writing this. When we say, the program, we will be referring to the repertoire. For clarity, here we will call the printed document you receive at the door the program booklet. Doing so is counterproductive to the goal trying to be accomplished by this organization and takes away any credibility this organization has with the "civilized" people they are trying to appeal to. The booklet is often called simply the program for short, but the program can also mean the repertoire, or list of works being performed at a specific concert. To relegate any group of human beings to that of a savage is wrong no matter the atrocities they may have committed. Second, I wholeheartedly disagree with the message put forth by these posters. They rightfully won their court battle with the MTA and should be allowed to post these signs according the United States Constituion. First, I am in no way trying to say the AFDI are not well within the constitutional rights to post these ads. The MTA originally tried to block the ads but the AFDI won the ensuing court and as a result the signs were posted yesterday.īefore I get to talking about my main issue with the signs, I feel that I should make two things clear. If you aren't familiar with the situation, a pro-Israel group, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) have recently postered the NYC subway system with signs comparing Jihadists to savages and calling for the support of Israel. However, every now and again something irritates me to the point where I feel a burning desire to say something. Normally, I take everything that happens with a massive grain of salt and reconcile with the fact that the world is fucked and go on living. It is rare that I ever feel the need to speak about things going on in the world.
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