On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:09 AM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *LizR > > > > On 11 January 2015 at 15:50, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > > When people criticise others' faiths, firstly it hurts others feeling > making the criticism fall on deaf ears. > > > > >>When people criticise others' faiths, it's more than feelings that get > hurt. > > > Have you seen the cartoons… that went beyond criticizing or poking fun at > someone else’s faith… the portrayal of the prophet (for those of that > faith) is obscene, insulting, gratuitously degrading in overt sexual manner > meant purely to offend. It has no redeeming quality to it. They published a > stream of disgusting bigoted religious, ethnic and racial stereotypes; not > just a single time – it was that papers bread and butter -- including such > gems as a stereotypical portrayal of pregnant African woman (with > exaggerated racially offensive features and fat post rape bellies) with the > caption casually and cruelly calling them welfare mothers. That is just > offensive to me, in the fucking extreme. It is pornographically ugly racist > & sexist hate speech to portray those underage victims like that – IMO. > > I defend their right of free speech in the same manner as I defend the > right of the KKK or Nazi skinheads to march. Free speech is only free as > long as it extends to even the most obnoxious hate groups (including the > racist newspaper Charlie Hebdo)… Free speech extends to racists, fascists, > sectarian, nationalist, and ethnocentric bigots. I abhor their message, yet > support their right to speech **on principal** -- even though they would > and are doing their best to take away my freedom of speech. > > But there is nothing noble or ennobling about Charlie Hebdo, or the > hateful racist people who made a living producing and disseminating such > racist filth and ethnic hatred. The person I feel sorry for is that poor on > duty cop, who got wasted. > For those who may not be following the news, please note that this cop was a Muslim, who gave his life defending the right of free speech of the people who were insulting the cop's religion. > As for the editor and staff they got the Darwin Award as far as I am > concerned. Fuck them, they were fucking racist assholes who did their best > to make this world uglier and bring it down to their level. > > The Takfiri Salafist brainwashed assholes who did this are also exemplars > of the same disease, coming from a different direction. Nor am I sad that > they are dead either. > > I abhor and condemn their actions, and don’t think anybody should die for > expressing their thoughts – even if those thoughts are repugnant racist > crap like Charlie Hebdo excelled at sullying the earth with. But in the > same breath, I find nothing, even remotely admirable in the ugly > stereotyping ethnic hatred that was their staple fare. > > Nor do I mourn their loss, they did their level best to piss off 1.2 > billion people on this planet and eventually some really pissed off violent > crazies – from the group their hate speech targeted – took matters into > their own murderous hands. > > It also would have been much preferable if the terrorists had been > captured alive, so they could have been tried for their crimes like common > criminals. > > -Chris > > > Thank you Chris for your post -- appreciate it! Samiya -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
