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Post by finid » Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 4:20 PM UTC

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Post by chatman » Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 4:34 PM UTC

Religious provocation is uncalled for.

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Post by gmuslera » Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 4:56 PM UTC

That something offended religious extremist don't mean that it didn't offended non-extremists too. But if you keep offending them some could become extremist too eventually.

Is that the final motivation?

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Post by higherpurpose » Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 5:00 PM UTC

Fox News, CNN and all the NBC guys aren't doing it either: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/0...

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Post by Squarel » Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 5:08 PM UTC

I think Glenn Greenwald put it quite well

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/09/solidarity-cha...

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Post by pstuart » Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 5:21 PM UTC

chatman wrote: post #2

Religious provocation is uncalled for.

Being that fundamentalist religions are at war with contemporary society, I would disagree.

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Post by sthrs » Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 5:23 PM UTC

Or, you know, they just didn't want to publish racist caricatures under the guise of satire.

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Post by finid » Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 5:24 PM UTC

higherpurpose wrote: post #4

Fox News, CNN and all the NBC guys aren't doing it either: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/0...

That the major news networks in the US were also cowardly does not make it right.

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Post by jlarocco » Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 5:26 PM UTC

sthrs wrote: post #7

Or, you know, they just didn't want to publish racist caricatures under the guise of satire.

Probably this.

Just because most people won't go on a shooting rampage over them doesn't mean the images aren't offensive to some people. No point throwing fuel on the fire.

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Post by zobzu » Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 5:27 PM UTC

gmuslera wrote: post #3

That something offended religious extremist don't mean that it didn't offended non-extremists too. But if you keep offending them some could become extremist too eventually. Is that the final motivation?

the point is that offending someone with drawings is not the same as killing (or jailing!) people who you disagree with.

That's the final motivation. It's also called free speech.

Anyone can be offended by anything. As an atheist I'm offended so many people choose to believe in a man-made fantasy. But hey, I'm not going to kill them, jail them,or what not. I expect the same in return. You can certainly disagree or make cartoons about atheists tho. I might find them funny or be offended, who cares.