The video 'innocence of muslims' is a benefit for society

I am FOR the motion that The video 'innocence of Muslims' is a benefit for society. I see the root cause of so many evils in this world to be spawned by religion. When a video such as this comes out, and is blamed for murder and riots, I become angry because it is not the video that is the cause of hatred, but religion. I believe religion to be a detriment to society in general and the advance of the human race. I believe this applies in fields of human rights, scientific progression and advancement, philosophy, medicine and politics. It would only serve to insult you, for me to explain the situation currently occurring in many Muslim countries which were spurred on by the low-budget video Innocence of Muslims. As far as can be observed, there are two camps concerned with the riots over the Middle East and the murder of several American citizens. The first being that of the actual Muslim rioters, who show no shame in their goal to exterminate all criticism of Islam, whatever forms it should take. The second camp consists of those people, like Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, who think that Islam should not have been insulted, but that the riots are unjustified. I side with neither of these two moronic ideals. It should go without saying that the murders were unjustified, and it is evidently clearer that the unstable Muslim population would have rioted to nearly anything, should the right speaker convince them. The only concern I have is the way that the United States and much of the western world handled the attacks. Should it not be said that western society is largely based on the freedom of expression? That being obvious, to lower ourselves to allowing our representative government to insist that the video was offensive is, at least in the United States, constitutionally not acceptable. For the government, who is bound by the bill of rights, to express disapproval towards a certain opinion is, in my mind at least, illegal. Should the current administration say anything of the video? Does the video actually matter? The answer is no. We need to be concerned with the true problem, and its true cause. The problem, of course, is the attack on American citizens. The cause is conviction. It is the praise of beliefs, whether true or false (generally false), simply because they are there and have been for a while. Should the revolutionaries and philanthropists of yesteryear be so revered that they become the ideological tyrants of today? Shall the customs we were indoctrinated with as children be so far removed from criticism in society at large that they soon become the only basis for a system of morals or rule of law. Many in our society, whether they understand it or not, would agree with this. It could be conservatism in a certain light, but let this not fool you. Any society which, without question, keeps in place the barbaric beliefs of its ancestors should not expect secularism, humanism or scientific progress to flourish. As it could be easily guessed I am referring to the Bronze Age dogmas generally attributed to emerging from the mythical figure of Abraham. Legends that offer less basis in truth than modern ghost stories are, everywhere, being applied (or have been applied) to the human moral system. In the United States, there are six members of the union that constitutionally forbid one from holding office without the prerequisite that they believe in supernatural forces. In Saudi Arabia, a woman shall not walk alone, nor without modesty, on pain of death. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, homosexuals are hanged for no crime greater than being born. Tens of thousands, if not millions, of new born babies in Africa, The Middle East, Europe and the Americas barely get to cry before their genitals are mutilated in honor of this same barbaric god. Please do not speak to me of a greater good, the afterlife or an eternal spirit, for I do not tolerate fools. These horrible crimes occur ceaselessly for no logical reason whatsoever. But keep it to yourself, many will say. Let not the heathen speak or the blasphemers blaspheme, for I AM THE LORD. I argue that should scientologists, or some other cult of morons, wish to cut out the tongues of all women, that it would not be tolerated; But in the case of the Pope uttering quite the same diabolic command, that thousands worldwide would join in on the ritual. It can be said that the same is done if one idiot is promised seventy-two virgins. It would seem that these practices are not only tolerated by the vast majority of Sol III, but the followers cheered on and adorned, even by those who call themselves secular. But as Hitchens, Dawkins and Harris argued, this seemingly innocent acquiescence is, perhaps, one of the greater crimes perpetuated by humankind. Just as watching a mugging and saying nothing, there is a great percentage of the fence-sitters of reality whom would choose to do nothing- whom would not have these great villains answer for their crimes. Instead they preach that we should show tolerance to what is simply referred to as "other cultures" or "different paradigms." But shall we have tolerance for the intolerant. I believe this is a self-defeating and rather moronic sentiment to suggest. If we were to tolerate idiocy, or worse, to praise it, we will be in a far worse situation than we are already running towards. I offer: we must not tolerate such intolerances or idiocy. It should be as far removed from affecting our everyday lives in politics and policy. We should not vote for the faithful candidate (faith, like Bill Maher agrees, is making a virtue out of non-thinking). We should not exempt churches, or other places similar, from tax, just as we would not exempt a dungeons and dragons convention. If we are not to tolerate witchcraft or Satanism, we should not give preference to Christianity or Islam. In the eyes of society, there should not be any recognizable difference between such practices except when it comes to comparing them to science, where they cannot stand on their own rotten legs. The message I try to convey is that we should not revere the old simply for its age. Honor must be earned, not granted and spoken for. All the answers must be questioned because that is the nature of understanding. And those values which detest and insult aspects of human understanding, sexual freedoms and rights, and the rights of those to express oneself and to be free from bondage should be left in the past. Let humankind progress, free from the chains of this sick idea of conviction.