Originally Posted by DVPGSR
I think that these cartoons are only going to be used as an excuse to cause more violence and only justify it in the eyes of many. What happened to the freedom of speech? I thought that was the right of all democracies? I may not agree with what you say but having the right to say it is a fundamental right of all democratic nations.
i agree, however with freedom of speech should come self censorship.
I care about freedom of speech as much as you do, but common Mohammed as a terrorist is kind of pushing it dont you thin? It would be like depicting the Pope as a Nazi but instead of it just being 1 as a caricature, every week i come out with a new cartoon about the nazi pope!
It was obvious that it was wrong and the news papaer published it for the shock effect, it got way popular, protests are intensifying... The Islamic people are saying that it wasnt right to publish those cartoons (i'll agree that some are fanatics about it) but then alot "western civilisation" are saying well that what you guys are! which puts more gas in the fire and then you get what we have now!
P.S just as to point out that freedom of speech has always been censored, here in canada, if you were to put up a big swatzsticker flag the police would ask you to take it down...