----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Why should we have a different standard for Muslims? > > What for them is "extremely offensive" is only moderately offensive > for Christians and Jews. > > You don't see Jews out protesting violently over the cartoons in the > Egyptian press of them eating little Arab babies, one could argue > 100 times more offensive than a cartoon of Muhammed with a bomb in > his Turban. > > Why the double standard Steve? There is no double standard. I don't find the Confederate battle flag to be offensive. I even find it to be a cherished symbol (not of slavery or racism), but I certainly understand how others might be offended. So I don't fly it, and rarely defend it's use. So, since it is extremely offensive to some, but only moderately offensive (or not offensive at all) to others, should we mock those for whom it is? THAT is what you are suggesting. Because you have (on this forum) belittled Christians, would you post a cartoon of a smiling Jesus with his pants around his knees sodomizing a little boy and the caption "Got Catholicism?" ? Would you expect this to win the hearts and minds (or votes) in south Texas? It might not be offensive to you, but it is idiotic. PEACE Steven R. Linnabary, Treasurer Franklin County Libertarian Party (614) 891-8841 P.O.Box#115; Blacklick, OH 43004-0115 "When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable" John F. Kennedy ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> 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/
