Re: Cartoons cause attacks, threats against EU, Denmark, Norway


In the previous article, peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<racsspam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm not saying the reaction was what I would expect from, say,
> Christians confronted with a dozen cartoons of Mary f*cking a
> dove. I'm sure they'd have more refined ways of instituting their
> boycotts

I don't have the tiniest bit of a problem with a call for boycotts.
That is, itself, an expression of free speech. Armed intimidation and
threats against citizens of countries travelling abroad is rather
something else.

> and they probably wouldn't react on the diplomatic level because
> there aren't that many countries in which Christianity is inherently
> part of the government.

Yeah, that's the reason. Sure.

> Unlike Voltaire, I only defend to the death your free speech up to
> the point where you walk up to and insult the biggest, meanest drunk
> in the place. At that point, my support becomes highly theoretical
> and I'll hold your glasses, boy-o.

Then you consider the level of rationality to be expected of and found
in the Muslim world to be the rough equivalent of a big, mean drunk?
Personally, I think people ought to be held to a higher standard, but
maybe that's just me.
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