So much for that secular moment/gesture...
The lead of an AP story (re: the topic of my last blog):
Can I at least ask then tht we be consistent and that we apply all religious dogma to our behaviour, law making and expression. Dancing should no longer be shown on television for fear of insulting Southern Baptists and shopping needs be banned from Friday at sundown to 00:00:01 Monday to respect Jewish/Christian sensitivities. Oh, and the insult of women on the street alone...
I know, I know, there's a most fine line between freedom of expression and hatred or damaging insult but... The depth of "insult" has to be considered, surely, recognizing that insult determination rests, of course, with those insulted.
Did the cartoons incite hatred of the Prophet, his people, his religion? I'm not hearing that. I'm hearing the outrage is over the very fact his caracature was used at all -- since it's against the "rules." If the cartoons were hateful I'd say don't publish them, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Respect for religious belief means you are free to worship how you wish without interference (with the usual checks and balances to protect human rights and one's societal norms) not that I will be expected to assume your belief practices.
I shoulda blogged instead about the production of Rocky Horror Picture Show I saw at Hart House last night. That would have insulted a few religious right types -- guess they should shut the show down, which would be a shame since it was bloody fabulous even though most every song (save the lead's) was sung incredibly off key. Gee, that surely was an insult to music worshippers everywhere too -- another reason to shut down the show.
PARIS, France (AP) -- The managing editor of a French newspaper has been fired over publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that are inflaming the Muslim world, where Pakistani protesters on Thursday chanted "Death to France!" and Gaza gunmen demanded apologies from European governments.
The furor over the drawings, which first ran in a Danish paper in September, cuts to the question of which is more sacred in the Western world, freedom of expression or respect for religious beliefs?
The daily France Soir and several other European papers reprinted the pictures Wednesday, in a show of solidarity with the Danish daily.
Can I at least ask then tht we be consistent and that we apply all religious dogma to our behaviour, law making and expression. Dancing should no longer be shown on television for fear of insulting Southern Baptists and shopping needs be banned from Friday at sundown to 00:00:01 Monday to respect Jewish/Christian sensitivities. Oh, and the insult of women on the street alone...
I know, I know, there's a most fine line between freedom of expression and hatred or damaging insult but... The depth of "insult" has to be considered, surely, recognizing that insult determination rests, of course, with those insulted.
Did the cartoons incite hatred of the Prophet, his people, his religion? I'm not hearing that. I'm hearing the outrage is over the very fact his caracature was used at all -- since it's against the "rules." If the cartoons were hateful I'd say don't publish them, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Respect for religious belief means you are free to worship how you wish without interference (with the usual checks and balances to protect human rights and one's societal norms) not that I will be expected to assume your belief practices.
I shoulda blogged instead about the production of Rocky Horror Picture Show I saw at Hart House last night. That would have insulted a few religious right types -- guess they should shut the show down, which would be a shame since it was bloody fabulous even though most every song (save the lead's) was sung incredibly off key. Gee, that surely was an insult to music worshippers everywhere too -- another reason to shut down the show.
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