--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], anon_astute_ff <no_reply@> > > 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... > > "Piss Christ" did not rake ol' JC over the coals, > nor was Chris Ofili's gorgeous "Holy Virgin Mary" > an insult to the Blessed Mother; to the contrary. > > Both artists received death threats. >
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