gizmo_2655
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ian wrote on Jan 12 th, 2015 at 7:28pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on Jan 12 th, 2015 at 7:14pm: ian wrote on Jan 12 th, 2015 at 2:43pm: Sophia wrote on Jan 12 th, 2015 at 2:31pm: ian wrote on Jan 12 th, 2015 at 1:47pm: red baron wrote on Jan 12 th, 2015 at 9:06am: Just a point here...When Monty Python came out and satirised Christ , did the Christian World rise up and destroy the BBC? I don't so Tim So? I have an aquaintance whom is seriously overweight, I dont disparage fat people or make jokes about his weight, thats because I know he doesnt like it and I respect it. I dont see this issue any differently. Muslims find caricatures of their prophet extremely disrespectful, the French journalists involved were deliberately provocative in my opinion. It reminds me of the comedian, Dave Allen (remember him, with the missing finger and glass of whiskey?) He always joked about Catholics. In fact, all religions get some jokes, but over sensitive zealots like that lot that go on a killing spree....they haven't learnt to acquire a good sense of humour. Sad ole world with no humour. And there is no higher than thou....yet killing for an imagined higher entity is such bs and not a reason, but an excuse for taking out their radicalness on. Fear is their weapon, to instill fear, not humour, not acceptance of differences etc. of course the Muslim nutters involved have no humour and are zealots. But thats not the point. You reap what you sow, the[highlight] journalists involved knew they were being deeply offensive to Muslims and deliberately decided to keep on doing so.[/highlight] This isnt about freedom of speech. Bullshit..that IS the point...being 'offended' isn't an excuse to shoot 12 people. Would I ( or a French relative of one of the magazine staff) be justified to walk into a mosque with a machine gun and open fire, because I'm offended by Islam???? Oh, and this is about the very essence of 'freedom of speech'... no one is talking about excuses. Are you hearing voices? Of course you are...if you don't condemn the action, you are excusing it... By making comments that 'the journalists involved knew they were being deeply offensive to Muslims and deliberately decided to keep on doing so' is excusing the shooters from responsibility for their actions... Yes I know that you will now argue that you either didn't intend to imply that, or that that isn't the case...however, that is a load of complete male bovine excrement and we ALL know it.
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