On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 1:09 AM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > I haven't seen the cartoons so perhaps they really were, obscene, insulting and gratuitously degrading, but I really don't care if they are or not. > It has no redeeming quality to it. > Well, if it insults the prophet (it's about time somebody did) and if religious imbeciles hate it then it can't be all bad. > > That is just offensive to me > Tough. You don't have a constitutional right never to be offended, and besides the feeling of moral superiority experienced when you are deeply offended can be rather pleasant. And nobody can be offended by what they don't see, it would have taken a special effort by you to find those cartoons, and you probably knew even before you saw them that you would likely be offended by them. > 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 > I am very glad to hear that. > (including the racist newspaper Charlie Hebdo) > To tell the truth I never heard of Charlie Hebdo until a few days ago so maybe it really is as bad as you say, but even if it is I think your timing is abysmal. I am offended that you would pick this of all times to fire criticisms at Charlie Hebdo. And yet though I am offended I am somehow still alive and uninjured, in fact being offended from time to time probably does a person good, keeps the blood moving. John K Clark -- 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.
