Jens Bladt wrote:
. The current dispute about the publishing of rather blasphemic drawings in a Danish newspaper (for which the Danish government IMO has no direct responsibility) has caused severe political problems all over the world. These problems - I believe - has something to do with the different political position of "religion". It also has something to do with the fact, that the Danish legislation concerning blasphemy has not been used (in a Court of Law) since 1938. The reason for this is of course that the religiously powerful people in Western Europe no longer have political power.
Part of the problem might also be the fact that in many European countries, display, sale, and other promotion of anything Nazi is illegal. This might be seen as hypocritical by the radical muslims. On the one hand these countries go out of their way not to offend Jewish sensibilities, and on the other proclaim free speech when it offends Islamic sensibilities. If the tables were turned and WWII had instead sent millions of Muslims to their death at Auschwitz and other sites, how might things be different today?
