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Thread ID: 138692 2015-01-07 22:43:00 Terrorist attack in Paris Cato (6936) PC World Chat
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1391701 2015-01-18 01:52:00 "Five killed in second day of Charlie Hebdo protests in Niger"
"That again outraged many in the Muslim world, triggering violent demonstrations in Algeria, Niger and Pakistan on Friday."

www.reuters.com

I would suspect most likely none of those outraged Muslims have actually seen the sketch, they are just raging on hearsay.

Then in any case, the cartoon is only Mahommed because an infidel said so, it looks like a cartoon of any of a zillion turbaned blokes, including Beanladen.
Terry Porritt (14)
1391702 2015-01-18 02:45:00 Scarcely evolved ape-men laboring under the delusion that they have been created by an all powerful, all knowing etc "God", but one that is sensitive to human criticism etc, laughable really, the only "God" I might worship is one beyond praise or blame.

Sad, stupid but dangerous little monkey brains. God help us all, including all the other creatures in the world.

Not often I agree with stuff you write, but I sure think you nailed it with your post.
prefect (6291)
1391703 2015-01-18 03:17:00 There's a slippery slope if ever I saw one!Freedom of speech includes the ability to say anything to anyone at anytime. You start adding exceptions and soon we'll not be allowed to even think for ourselves in case we offend someone... There are no spoken or written words that are justification for anyone to go around killing people. Zqwerty has it dead on in his post above. And I don't often find myself agreeing with him!!!Freedom of speech is great until what is being said starts to pick on a group and becomes some part of hate. Does it give the right for racist speech? Or anti religion speech? Nazi propaganda is illegal in Germany, but isn't that Just a part of freedom of speech plod (107)
1391704 2015-01-18 04:35:00 Some dumb countries even have holocaust denying as a crime, I think the benchmark for free speech is the USA. prefect (6291)
1391705 2015-01-18 04:55:00 Some dumb countries even have holocaust denying as a crime, I think the benchmark for free speech is the USA.

Chap in Austria is in jail for denying holocaust.
Cicero (40)
1391706 2015-01-18 05:46:00 Some dumb countries even have holocaust denying as a crime, I think the benchmark for free speech is the USA.

I understand that the USA has "hate speech" laws... So free speech isn't...
johcar (6283)
1391707 2015-01-18 06:04:00 I understand that the USA has "hate speech" laws... So free speech isn't...Any free speech can be hate speech to someone. Some people are ofended by anything plod (107)
1391708 2015-01-18 09:49:00 We may not have free speech exactly, but it's a divil of a lot cheaper than posting a letter. R2x1 (4628)
1391709 2015-01-18 20:34:00 There's a slippery slope if ever I saw one!

Freedom of speech includes the ability to say anything to anyone at anytime. You start adding exceptions and soon we'll not be allowed to even think for ourselves in case we offend someone... There are no spoken or written words that are justification for anyone to go around killing people.

Zqwerty has it dead on in his post above. And I don't often find myself agreeing with him!!!

The facts are that if you make fun of religion someone gets hurt, so why do it? It serves no purpose. Just because you are free to do it does not mean that you should.
mzee (3324)
1391710 2015-01-18 20:39:00 The facts are that if you make fun of religion someone gets hurt, so why do it? It serves no purpose. Just because you are free to do it does not mean that you should.

Not only you are you free to choose, but so are they, simply because you can.
Cicero (40)
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