On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> >> 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. > > > >So then by your argument, defecating in holy water for example would be > a defensible act? That would be a public health issue not a freedom of the press issue, I have no objection to laws regulating where you can and can not defecate. > >> 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. > > > > Tough, right back at you John. I have the right to express my offense! Certainly! You have every right in the world to express your feeling of being offended, and by the same token I have the right to say: "it is annoying to hear you whining about how grievously some french cartoons have offended your delicate sensibilities, and it is in very bad taste to do so at this particular moment". >> 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. > No, it took very little effort on my part; I saw them posted on another > group I am on. And the person who posted them on that other group was no doubt also offended by them and posted them for the same reason that you posted them to this group, out of a generous desire to share a delicious feeling moral indignation and self righteousness with fellow list members. I can't imagine why but for some reason I'm reminded of people complain about the boorish behavior of the paparazzi when they take pictures of movie stars and then are the first in line to buy the trashy magazines that publish the paparazzi's pictures. >> I am offended that you would pick this of all times to fire criticisms > at Charlie Hebdo. > > I picked this moment deliberately because firstly: in a few media cycle > moments this will just become a layer of sediment in the forgotten bottom > of old news; and secondly to make a point that needs making *now* So in the years to come the thing we should remember from all this isn't that Muslim maniacs murdered 17 people because they didn't like the cartoons they drew, the really important thing we should remember is that Chris de Morsella didn't like the cartoons either. > turning what you just told me, around on you *tough You don't have a > constitutional right never to be offended Yes I was offended, but as I said before being offended doesn't seemed to have caused me any harm, and I rather doubt that many on this list care if I was offended or not. But never mind me it's different for you, I am certain all list members would be fascinated and would consider it of world shaking importance to hear all about the latest thing that Chris de Morsella finds offensive. 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.
