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So should publishing blatantly inflammatory (and in some views insulting) caricatures be allowed under the guise of freedom of speech?
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Insulting caricatures are a very long established art form, and are often just a pictorial expression of opinion. They could only be 'inflammatory' if they were created specifically with a view to cause offence. I don't believe that is the case here. |
Maybe not but it seems that part of the Muslim faith believe that it is the case, which is the big problem here.
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but then again people shouldn't set out to purposefully insult a religious group who have already proven themselves fully prepared to show their displeasure in a very public way.
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What? So we now bow to the threat of violence? Next step - giev in to terrorists. No way.
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Did I say we should bow down to violence? I believe I said that people shouldn't set out to purposefully insult a religious group.
Personally I believe as Ramrod in that a certain amount of over reaction has occured in certain countries
but I do not believe that after complaints were received they paper was right to re-publish the entire set in a double page spread.
In my opinion it is time that a lot of religious groups around the world grew up and faced the reality of global communication and global broadcasting. You are not always going to agree with everything that is said, you are not always going to be happy with everything that happens and you are not always going to accept other views and opinions that are voiced/ published.
Like I said in my previous post, "tolerance works both ways", trouble is it will not work unless all groups start tolerating each other instead of just certain groups
demanding tolerance from everyone else.