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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
78% of British Muslims asked thought those who made the Danish cartoons in 2005 should've been prosecuted for causing them offence and indeed blaspheming against them.
That is actually from a survey, not pulled from my hindmost.
78% of British Muslims find the idea of free speech, which isn't causing anyone any physical harm or putting them in danger, offensive, because Sunni Islam tells them to.
In common with the vast majority of the UK I do not share those beliefs, in common with much of the UK while I have no problem with those holding them I do not respect those beliefs as I find all religions absurd to one degree or another.
Our society doesn't give offence, people choose to take it. Are we to pander to this and indefinitely modify our own laws, as we have been, whenever enough decide to take offence at something?
How many other religions do anything beyond rolling their eyes when they are criticised, parodied or mocked, and what makes this one so special that the BBC should go out of its way to explicitly avoid offending it beyond threats of violence anyone in the public eye questioning it seem to get?
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None of which is anything to do with the claim that Gary made
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They had a chance to all stand together and publish cartoons on the day after the attack and all bottled it.
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"Bottled it"? I take it from that remark that you support the deliberate antagonising and offending of Muslims ,is that because they are Muslims or because they are religious .I don't really care because in my opinion you and people with your attitude are as much part of the problem as the nutters with the guns
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I have no idea why our press are so much more cowardly than those in Germany and other European nations.
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If you think that printing cartoons that are designed to deliberately offend and mock a religion are a sign of solidarity then it is not surprising that you "have no idea"