On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 7:08 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: >> While Comedy Central isn't saying, it's possible they are reacting to the >> threat of violence. And FWIW, I don't think Kevin is asserting that his >> beliefs are more reasonable (or denying Muslims theirs), but that he >> understands that religions are fair targets for ridicule. > > Clearly, some Muslims (and, I wager, members of other religions) > disagree, and the problem is exacerbated by anyone telling them > they're wrong.
I believe what I said was that there are proportional responses for those who don't like their faith mocked by a cartoon, and it is unfair of any secular media to treat any faith (mine or someone else's) any differently. If you are going to make fun of Jesus, you should be able to make fun of Mohammed. Call it the Don Rickles approach to comedy -- make fun of everyone and nobody call accuse you of favoritism. But what Comedy Central did was decide one segment of the population shouldn't have their faith made fun of, and their reasoning is because of the potentially violent disproportional responses by the extremists of that faith. It is wrong for Comedy Central to react that way, and it is wrong for the extremists to react that way. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
