Rage.com.Since I'm already pretty deep in the realm of the off-the-wall, I might as well mention another reason for Islamic rage that may seem a trifle bizarre. It is the Internet. Our alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. David Ignatius David R. Ignatius (born May 26, 1950), an American journalist and novelist. He is currently an associate editor and columnist for the Washington Post. He also co-hosts PostGlobal, an online discussion of international issues at Washingtonpost. , The Washington Post columnist, recently asked Charles McLean of Denver Research if he could explain the violent Islamic reaction to the Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. McLean explains that the internet is a "rage enabler ... rage needs to be fed or stimulated continually to build or maintain it." The point has been made elsewhere, but Ignatius elaborates: "The Internet provides that instantaneous, persistent poke in the eye. What's more, it provides an environment in which enraged en·rage tr.v. en·raged, en·rag·ing, en·rag·es To put into a rage; infuriate. [Middle English *enragen, from Old French enrager : en-, causative pref. people can gather at a cause-centered website and make themselves angrier." Because the angry are talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to themselves, the website, notes McLean, "eliminates the opportunity for filtering or rage--dissipating communications to intrude intrude, v to move a tooth apically. ." Needless to say, this unhappy aspect of the internet is not confined to the world of Islam. We have evidence in our own politics. |
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