--- In [email protected], anon_astute_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Many cultures have sacred symbols, or sinful acts -- that often seem > trivial to other cultures. Creating an image of Mohammad -- in Islam > is one of the latter. Seems odd to many christians. Hey its just a > cartoon. But let the same see a US flag burned, and they are ready to > nuke the perpetrators. Another culture says, its just a piece of > cloth, why the fuss? > > In Norway, as I recall, its an intolerable crime to insult the king, > even as a joke.. More so in Thailand as I recall, where you can get > into serious trouble by doing so. Hard for Americans to "get" that -- > they joke about the royal family in UK and elsewhere all the time - - > seeing kings as antiquated throwbacks of tyranny. > > But damn, mess with that flag -- or say something unholy about Jesus > -- and your ass is fried.
Not true. I thought that burning the flag was constitutionally protected. It pisses many people off when it happens but they don't kill you over it. As for Jesus, well, I don't know where you've been for the past 30 years...Ole' JC is raked over the coals in the USA on a daily basis. Piss Christ is not an isolated incident... > Lots of other examples -- Jewish Holy land, > Hindu sacred cows and temple sites (adhoya sp?), cutting a sikhs hair, > etc. > > To be insensitive to another culture and disrespect their sacred > things -- "because it seems trivial to us" -- is the height -- or > depth -- of stupidity, crudeness, rudeness, and barbarianism. Yes, I agree it is all those things. BUT the right to be stupid, crude, rude and barbaric should be constitutionally protected. > > To say "I think every news channel and newspaper in the world should > publish the cartoon, including the ones in Muslim countries. If the > fanatics have too many targets it will be the same as no targets" > marks you as the above. > > But hey, maybe you have a point. Lets go burn some flags, drag some > crucifixes through urine, deface some Stars of David with swastikas, > and burn some crosses on every block across the US. If those US > fanatics have too many targets it will be the same as no targets". > > > > > --- In [email protected], anon_astute_ff <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "anonyff" <anonyff@> wrote: > > > > > > Mohamed cartoons. Publish or don't publish. Anyone here have an > > > opinion? Has MMY expressed an opinion? > > > > > > > I think every news channel and newspaper in the world should publish > > the cartoon, including the ones in Muslim countries. If the fanatics > > have too many targets it will be the same as no targets. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
