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Originally Posted by Bansheelinks
I'm for freedom of expression. Its laughable how some Muslims can get their gotch in notch over a cartoon. Maybe it shows how stupid their extremist views are. Religious extremism is ugly. Ever see the movie "Various Positions"? In it, an extremist Orthodox Jew in charge of a Jewish Cemetery learned of an elderly woman buried there who they thought had converted to Judaism in the end. It turns out she hadn't, they learned, and this asshole wanted to either have her body moved, or was willing to move all the Jews out of the cemetery so they could 'rest in peace.' Apparently, they couldn't 'rest in peace' being buried in the same cemetary as a goy (a non-Jew). I have heard of similar REAL-LIFE happenings. This is a real sickness, attitudes such as these. Do I feel sorry for extremist Muslims who so easily resort to violence? Hell no. They can go fuck themselves. They live in a world with other humans who do not share their strict fundamentalist views. If they can't get along, they can fuck off.
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Well violence regarding toons ain't new. The history of editorial cartoons in the U.S. is marred with violence. You get told that in journalism school as well as on the job before pen hits paper. The Civil War had some toons that sent people to lynching others as well as other acts of violence. Riots too.
The introduction of evolution brought about violence. Civil Rights era of the 50s and 60s too. You guys should see some of the toons from the late 1800s into the early 1900s. Racist as hell. Made more fun of the Irish and Asians and Blacks. In mainstream syndicates at that!
Oh they made this Muhammed toon look like an adventure of Bazooka Joe in comparison.