Originally Posted by stevo

I understand enough to know that this is what al-qaeda has said and that it does not need to be tolerated on any level. http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showpos...2&postcount=56

Originally Posted by joshbaumgartner

If Osama and those of his ilk were attacking merely with the pen or the microphone, then I would agree with you, Rekna. But that is not the case.

Freedom of expression is critical to the advancement of humanity, and it includes having people expressing ideas that may be greatly upsetting. However, there is no freedom of expression when violence is used to enforce points. In fact, quite the opposite is true, that freedom of expression is retarded by fear and the need to align for security or even survival.