polite_gandalf wrote on May 31
st, 2013 at 11:38am:
Yadda, what is your opinion on the placards in relation to Australian law?
Do you agree with me that they are clear messages of incitement to violence - as per the
CRIMES ACT AMENDMENT (INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE) BILL 2005 - and should be prosecuted with the full force of the law?
I'm not a lawyer, but imo, the placards;
"BEHEAD ALL THOSE WHO INSULT THE PROPHET",
were designed to incite moslems to murder persons who held differing views about Mohammed/ISLAM.
At the very least, imo, those placards were seeking to 'normalise' [within the broader community] views and attitudes which moslems themselves hold [....towards their own religion].
i.e.
Respect for
moslem cultural icons [...or, idols].
i.e.
"We [members of the non-moslem community] must be careful how we express ourselves, publicly, coz we don't want to upset those moslems!"
I am not a moslem.
I choose, not to be, a moslem.
This, Australia, is still, a non-moslem country.
Why shouldn't i, or anyone else [as a non-moslem] in Australia, be allowed to criticise the life and values of a person like Mohammed ?
Why shouldn't i [OR ANYONE] in Australia, be allowed to express an opinion about the character of Mohammed,
based upon information which is sourced from ISLAMIC texts ?
Living in a country like Australia, i/we should have those rights, imo.