Rage.com.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at Windmills - Brief article

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 David Ignatius, 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...