Whether or not what this person did was wrong in Libya, it was not wrong here. Furthermore, when Libyan mobsters attack, burn, loot, and kill in response to actions of Americans - IN AMERICA - they are demonstrably in the wrong. America should not turn around and abandon its citizens in search of some pipe dream of appeasement - she must stand up for all the freedoms she guarantees, or they are as good as gone.Friendly Lich said:The constitution doesn't apply in other countries, you're a bit national-centric.omicron1 said:What bothers me is the US government's noncommittal response. By not defending our citizens actions (no matter if we personally agree or not), we are abandoning the freedoms laid forth in our constitution. If citizens of another nation can silence American citizens by protest, violence, and murder, then all that America stands for is truly dead.
So yes, the constitution doesn't apply in other countries. This guy did not make this film in other countries. He is protected by that constitution from threats within and without - or at least, he should be. Yet there are far too many people of great political and social standing claiming just the opposite - that America should willfully prostrate itself before the altar of appeasement, and punish its own citizens under the code of foreign law!