oh, and the danish muhammad cartoons?

[rone]

As is often the case, Warren Ellis opines along the same lines as i do, except better.

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[waider.livejournal.com]

Neil Gaiman had a post with a similar-but-with-less-vitriol stance. Handwaving the stance of the newspaper in question (and the cabal of mullahs), you may have the right to express yourself, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea.

[mrbalihai.livejournal.com]

Or as the Clash put it, "you have the right to free speech...provided you're not dumb enough to actually try it."

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I think the problem here is idiots conflating "free speech" with "worthless speech".

[mrbalihai.livejournal.com]

If they do nothing more than make people painfully aware of how much the people of this planet need to move beyond all types of religious fundamentalism in order to co-exist, then ultimately, I don't think they were worthless.

If that makes me an idiot in your book, so be it.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

If only that had been their goal, i might agree. But there's no reason to assume that i meant you when i used that word.