This is all very interesting but I still don't think they deserved to be killed whatever they said. I might or might not object - possibly with verbal violence - to the content of the cartoons, if I knew more about them. E.g. I might argue that they were racist, not funny etc - I can't judge that on the basis of the examples given (I might say the same about the film about North Korea, plus add in that case that they were crossing the line, satire-wise, by insulting a real living person rather than an invented version). I'd also argue that the Charlie people were perhaps stupid to take risks when the world is full of mindless, evil bigots who might react by killing them.
One point about this, perhaps - not to mention "The Interview" and "The Satanic Verses" - is that it often seems to be people from a well off liberal background who insult the people of a less well off country/region. So it could be taken in some cases as intellectual snobbery (or maybe just snobbery). I'm not sure if that applies in this case, though. -- 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.
