> Gel wrote: > A 'significan't number of muslims? How many muslims are there in the > world? How many of htem are terrorists?
If you define terrorism as the wanton destruction of property, then hundreds of thousands. That's pretty significant. Had a small group been responsible, ok, but we're talking about the burning of an embassy by 10s of thousands of screaming freaks - in multiple cities! That's significant. > What I said was that the cartoon quite clearly offends Muslims on the > whole, and Muslims on the whole find it offensive. Therefore it should > never have been published in the first instance No democracy the right from offense. It's what free speech is all about - the ability to express your opinions without sensor as long as you don't violate the rights of others. A cartoon in a private paper is DEFINITELY free speech and therefore that paper can publish anything it damn well pleases. And it should be able to do so and be free from harassment. The fact that such things such as cartoons, books, and other forms of free speech are not able to be published such that the authors are free from reprisal is evidence that a significant number of Muslims do not believe in this principle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:196245 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
