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Originally Posted by Aladdin Sane
February 10, 2006, 9:20 a.m.
Losing Civilization
Are we going to tolerate the downfall of Western ideals?
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I could have hardly said it better myself.
Where was that article originally published?
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Originally Posted by hundove
There's no comparison between eating pigs and depicting their Prophet. Their prophet is considered a Holy, revered figure. Eating/not eating pigs isn't.
Pigs are eaten by alot of people from other religions, so it's not a private, holy matter. But who benefits by insulting a group of people by depicting what is prohibited in thier religion???
It's like showing Nazi cartoons with chopping Jew's heads off. I'm sure many, including me, would be very offended.
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Who benefits from any political cartoons at all then? And please, why should it matter to the rest of us that this is prohibited by their religion? Requring everyone to respect any prohibition of Islam is a violation of religious freedom. Indeed to me this boils down to a debate over freedom of religion just as much as one over freedom of speech. It seems to me that these protesters would like nothing less than the abolition of the principles behind the First Amendment, and that's not something I can find in any way acceptable. I honestly hope I don't live to see the day we in the civilized world give up those fought and died for rights for the sake of a group of people (certainly not including all Muslims) stuck in the dark ages.