That's sort of right and sort of wrong. Statements may be drastically different in their meanings and consequences. The pen is mightier than the sword, you know?
Let say a few different things: "Let's round up all of the Jews and concentrate them in a single place." "Let's round up all of the cattle and concentrate them in a single place." Very similar sentences, different meanings. The speaker of one should be met with violence, the other not at all. The SCOTUS doesn't want you to yell "Fire" in a theater - even though we have the first amendment. As Gel said, there's freedom of speech, and there's common sense. - Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 1:04 PM Subject: Re: More on the Mohammad > If such a statement CAN provoke violence, then I say confront it. > > If you live with an abusive spouse, you can try to never say anything > that might provoke them. But that does not solve the issue, it just > leaves you scared all the time, and at some point the jerk will hit > you anyway. > > I also don't see that I am telling anyone that their deepest belief is > stupid. I think I am saying that a violent reaction to offending that > belief is not the right response. > > On 2/3/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Telling a culture that one of their deepest, most important and cherished >> beliefs is "stupid" does nothing to prevent further violence. It >> provokes >> it. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:195731 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
