German Imam blames Cologne rape victims; 'they wore perfume'

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181. The US military kills innocent people around the world every day.

There are always casualties when the Empire goes about its business.

The difference between state terror and non-state terror is that state terror occurs on an enormous scale. But the corporate media chooses to focus on non-state terror, the better to frighten citizens into accepting more war spending.

So you are aware of what the French are doing in Mali, and Cote D'Ivoire, and Yemen, and many other places? That is good. Now, which type of violence is worse, in your opinion? Is it better to be shot by a fanatic in Paris, or killed by a drone strike in Yemen?


Finally, in the US there is an artist, Andres Serrano, who exhibited a piece called "piss Christ". The piece was a crucifix immersed in the artist's urine. The piece was briefly exhibited before threats came in and the exhibit stopped after the piece was destroyed by Christian protesters. Read :

When New York artist Andres Serrano plunged a plastic crucifix into a glass of his own urine and photographed it in 1987 under the title Piss Christ, he said he was making a statement on the misuse of religion.

Controversy has followed the work ever since, but reached an unprecedented peak on Palm Sunday when it was attacked with hammers and destroyed after an "anti-blasphemy" campaign by French Catholic fundamentalists in the southern city of Avignon.
The violent slashing of the picture, and another Serrano photograph of a meditating nun, has plunged secular France into soul-searching about Christian fundamentalism and Nicolas Sarkozy's use of religious populism in his bid for re-election next year.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/18/andres-serrano-piss-christ-destroyed-christian-protesters

And yes, it was interesting that I used the example of French colonialism because the destruction of the piece happened in Avignon. Just as anti-Muslim hatred is being encouraged in France by the fascist politician Marine LePen. Do you feel that perhaps the hatred being encouraged by LePen, a hatred shared by her followers in the FN, could possibly contribute to the situation?