I think freedom of speech has its limitations.That way hate speech of Hitler would be accepted as civilized today.So the question is where does the freedom of speech end and where does it begin.
Your freedom ends where someones nose begins.
Normally the western notion is ....what ever hurts us is blasphemy ....but what ever hurts other cultures should be allowed under the garb of freedom of speech.
I read this below passage in a blog in the net
" Guardian reports that Jyllands-Posten refused to run cartoons lampooning Jesus Christ three years ago. The Sunday editor, Jens Kaiser, gave this rationale at the time: “I don’t think Jyllands-Posten’s readers will enjoy the drawings. As a matter of fact, I think that they will provoke an outcry. Therefore, I will not use them.” The problem here is that by running only cartoons focused on Muhammad, the paper is making clear, however unintentionally, that the point of the satire is not religious but political expressing an attitude toward the Muslim world, rather than laughing at fundamentalist religion in general. "
So now what do you say about these double standards.
My question is what is the point the danish were trying to make using those cartoons.That Islam is a terror religion?.
What about the terror the western nations commit by selling arms to all the third world countries rebels so that democratically elected governments are always at the verge of instability.
What about the war on IRAQ a country which has no know how of even making a bomb shell casing ] being accused of having weapons of mass destruction and now on the verge of a civil war?.
Is the united nations blind or deaf or really so much a puppet at the hands of USA and europe?.
So much for these nations which are leaders in human rights.
Now can we really construe that all these acts are acts of christianity or the followers of christ and moses.
Then how can those terror attacks be construed as direct commanments of Mohammed?.
These are questions more of race and hence religious criticism should be construed as racist in light of the above double standards that are followed by western nations.
Islam prohibits pictures of mohammed and that should be respected by all.You cannot go lienient on your mistakes and take a harsh view of other religions just because you dont understand their culture and their way of life.
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