--- 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.
The stand-up comedian have making jokes of the King for years. It is not looked at as a crime at all in Norway. Sometimes you need jokes about "holy" things or dogmas simply to put an eye on it - to maybe start a process of discussion and through discussions make changes. Ingegerd ------------------------ 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/
