Medan--I think you are looking too hard for a double standard and then misapplying the exceptions to the West as a whole. Sure, some ratings-hounds ran with the whole Muslim terrorist thing, but let's face it, it's not like that's never happened before. Besides, how often in the Arab world (and on QL for that matter) do people in the ME automatically assume everything is a Western plot?
IMO Norway has handled this with a great deal of dignity. I'm glad that they have decided NOT to give this guy a platform--sticking him in solitary confinement and keeping cameras out of the courtroom. Best just ignore him--the bet punishment for a maniac like that.
Medan--I think you are looking too hard for a double standard and then misapplying the exceptions to the West as a whole. Sure, some ratings-hounds ran with the whole Muslim terrorist thing, but let's face it, it's not like that's never happened before. Besides, how often in the Arab world (and on QL for that matter) do people in the ME automatically assume everything is a Western plot?
IMO Norway has handled this with a great deal of dignity. I'm glad that they have decided NOT to give this guy a platform--sticking him in solitary confinement and keeping cameras out of the courtroom. Best just ignore him--the bet punishment for a maniac like that.