--- In [email protected], anon_astute_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Ingegerd" > <marwincornyarmand@> 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. >
There is a 'level difference' between beating the shit out of you and killing you for your poor taste. JohnY ------------------------ 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/
