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Originally Posted by ScaredWebWarrior
The Catholic church was very measured in it's opposition to the Da Vinci Code. In any case, the argument was more about inaccuracies in the book vs. reality, rather than anyone worrying about a conspiracy being exposed.
I don't recall any mass protests, let alone violent ones. I don't recall any calls for the book to be banned or the author to be killed. There were no attacks on embassies or innocent people in no way connected with the book.
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Not at all. The re-publications were to assert the freedom of speech in the face of Islamic opposition.
Yes, it got a predictable reaction, but only one that showed the failure of Muslims to understand what FoS means in free, liberal democratic societies.
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I keep thinking what would happen if I were to print a cartoon of a catholic priest raping a young boy!
The cartoon would certainly offend catholics, but as well as the offence I would think they would be embarassed because of the covering up and in latter days, charges being brought for such offences by members of the church. The big difference is that the majority of catholics would not dispute that it has happened, but would feel ashamed that it was unfortunately a part of the ccatholic church. I dont think somehow they would go on a rampage because someone had stated the obvious.
PS. I am not trying to offend any catholics, I just used it because its an example that is treated differently by its followers.