Ted Poe: “over the last few days, radical Muslims burned the Pope in effigy, destroyed churches in Israel, preached hatred against…”

“over the last few days, radical Muslims burned the Pope in effigy, destroyed churches in Israel, preached hatred against the Pope and Christians, and cowardly killed a 65-year- old nun, shooting her four times in the back. So much for nonviolence by these radical Muslims. All this because the Pope quoted a Byzantine emperor from the 1400s who commented on Muhammad's purported command ``to spread by the sword the faith he preached.'' The Pope, of course, was not agreeing with this Byzantine emperor. The Pope was promoting discourse among all religions. But when the feelings of these radicals get hurt, we overreact, blame ourselves and apologize. That is what the Pope did. I question whether the Pope should have even apologized. So much for free speech, so much for religious freedom, and so much for nonviolence. In our world, hypocritical, radical Muslims may preach hate and violence against Christians and Jews, but heaven forbid anybody mention or quote slightly negative comments about radical Muslims, because this extremist sect will react with violence to prove just how nonviolent they are. And that's just the way it is. ____________________”