Originally Posted by Hurtmesome:
Perhaps we should also do some self reflection here.
I think these terrorists should face justice for this crime.
Having said that I do keep thinking about what a former Muslim colleague of mine said: you can ridicule me, I don't care. But don't ridicule the prophet or Allah. That's just not cool.
The self reflection I'm trying to point out is: we know that these people take their religion very seriously and we do say that in our constitution that everyone has the right to believe in whichever god(s) they want to. But at the same time we want to ridicule that religion, which some hold sacred, whenever we want.
i do believe there should be freedom of speech, but where does one draw the line? When does sarcasm become very bad taste?
one thing that bothers me most is, saying that people should just tolerate the insults. That they should change their attitudes and accept that in the west we ridicule about what we want.
But isn't that the same as asking a homosexual to be not gay?
True gay people don't kill heteros over jokes, that's not the point. The essence is the same. Can u force someone to change who they are?
Eitherway, Condolences to the people who have lost loved ones in this senseless attack.