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Originally Posted by homealone
you make some very good points, however I must ask if, as an example, you had invited a friend for a meal, who happens to be Jewish, would you serve everyone else at the meal with pork, and give your Jewish guest something else, or would you be sensitive to his beliefs and serve everyone with a suitable compromise?
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Either - does it matter? I wouldn't force a Jewish person to eat pork, nor would I deny it anyone else.
As you point out, the problem can be solved in more than one way. Each solution changes the situation and affects the other people around the table differently. Why should I prefer to pick the solution that effectively forces everyone else to conform to this individual's beliefs?
I could equally offer a buffet with a dozen choices so that no-one has to feel that they are being limited in their choice or that any one person has to feel as if they've forced some kind of compromise.
Each to their own, live and let live.
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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
You make an interesting point about the bomb shaped turban. Without it we would have had no where near the level of protest we've had today, even if the person in the cartoon was wearing a I am the prophet Muhammed teeshirt on. Its the whole, The Prophet is a terrorist/demonising the prophet thing was has caused the uproar.
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The point is, the cartoons are NOT saying 'the Prohet is a terrorist' - the message is more 'terrorism is part of Islam' - the image of the prophet being the
metaphor for Islam.