Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 12
th, 2015 at 12:40pm:
cods wrote on Jan 12
th, 2015 at 11:00am:
this thread to me is poor taste..it does neither the French nor us any favours...and that goes for those who think the cartoons are funny or make a point..
the point is about 20 people are dead....because of a cartoon...I am sorry.. I dont get it.... how many people saw those cartoons..?? I bet no one in Australia ever bought the magazine just to read cartoons on Islam...
did they???....
yet here we are saying its FREE SPEECH....
no it isnt.... if FANATICS think its worth killing over....
fanatics are like tumors they are everywhere cut one out another takes its place...
to make a mockery of something that makes people want to murder people they do not know...is balmy...its not something to be proud of....dont you guys get it..
would you poke a tiger until it went mad and mauled your family?????????......
you know I have grandsons who pick and poke at each other all the time..in the car its murder on a long trip...what do you say all the time to the one who starts the trouble?????????
I bet its.. DONT DO IT..
think about it folks....big deal your poking this tiger froma huge distance....me I think its rude and undignified.... its not what we do in this country.
Do you suggest that if anyone is so extreme they will murder to get their way, we should give whatever they want to them ?
that's how I interpret your suggestion.
in a word YES...why because you are dealing with FANATICS MADMEN IF YOU LIKE..
and to keep drawing pics thats sends them even madder and risk peoples lives....I ASK YOU IS IT WORTH IT.?
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FREEDOM OF SPEECH..
for the simple reason all they are doing is MOCKING
most of us look at a cartoon in the morning paper either get a laugh or get huffy then forget about it..
but them we have a group who see neither humour nor freedom of speech they see blasphemy and get outraged......
and blimey they KILL people because of it..
this place was under threat 24/7 they even had their own police guard... yet still they went ahead... a high price for drawing a cartoon...
if a comedian stood on a stage and for hours lampooned you and your family said terrible things about them... wouldnt you be annoyed...but everyone laughed and he thought it was a huge thing to do....
because the few people that bought tickets did as well..
didnt really matter about you or your families feelings..it was all about him the comedian....