--- In [email protected], "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > 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
Ok Thanks for the clarification. When I visited Oslo, the point was made about the king to me. I was not sure how "real" it was. > 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. I agree humor and satire can, in appropriate circumstances, be good discussion starters. And help people see more sides of an issue. But not always in all circumstances. Its not always effective. There is a time and place for humor. In my view, the editors of the magazine that published the cartoons are imbeciles with no cultural sensitivity. Its "free speech" just as yelling fire in a theatre is, or yelling "niggers" to a crowd assembled to protest a beating of a black by a police officer. Not all free speech is protected in the US. When it is, it can sometimes be an exercise in stupidity. Free speech does not protect one from the consequences of poor taste, imbecilic outbursts, or culturally ignorant explosive speech. For example, If I see a group of latino youths and I shout "your sisters a whore", its protected free speech. But I must bear the consequences of having the shit beat out of me for my poor taste. ------------------------ 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/
